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Title Youth Gangs and overcoming waithood in a United Nations Protection of Civilians Site in South Sudan
Full text https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/39653/1/Youth%20Gangs%20and%20overcoming%20waithood%20in%20a%20United%20Nations%20Protection%20of%20Civilians%20Site%20in%20South%20Sudan.pdf
Date 2023
Author(s) Felix da Costa, Diana
Abstract This article investigates contestations over the roles and legitimacy of gangs within the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Bentiu, South Sudan. Drawing on qualitative interviews, it argues that 'gangs' represented the medium through which everyday struggles and processes of social contestations were negotiated between youth, elders, and protection actors. Prevailing narratives of gangs as violent criminal entities structured conflict with elders and protection actors, but to their affiliates, gangs provided protection, identity, belonging, responsibility, agency, and a route to overcome the limbo of 'waithood' and achieve social adulthood.
Language en
Publisher Taylor and Francis
Relation https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/39653/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17502977.2023.2212993; 10.1080/17502977.2023.2212993
Type of publication Journal Article; PeerReviewed
Format text
Rights cc_by_4
Identifier Felix da Costa, Diana (2023) 'Youth Gangs and overcoming waithood in a United Nations Protection of Civilians Site in South Sudan.' Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. pp. 1-18. (Forthcoming)
Repository London - SOAS, University of London
Added to C-A: 2023-06-28;10:26:54