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Sukanya Podder
Researcher at King's College London
Publications - 40
Citations - 575
Sukanya Podder is an academic researcher from King's College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Peacebuilding & Youth participation. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 37 publications receiving 484 citations. Previous affiliations of Sukanya Podder include University of York & Cranfield University.
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Social Media, Recruitment, Allegiance and the Islamic State
Scott Gates,Sukanya Podder +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the recruitment of foreign fighters from an organizational perspective and analyze how the process of recruitment of foreigners shapes the adverse selection problem affecting the dissident groups that they join.
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Mainstreaming the non-state in bottom-up state-building: linkages between rebel governance and post-conflict legitimacy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the potential for mainstreaming wartime rebel governance structures into post-conflict state-building efforts and highlight three pitfalls of mainstreaming non-state roles without sufficient analysis of the sources of legitimacy underlying rebel governance frameworks.
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Child Soldiers: From Recruitment to Reintegration
Alpaslan Özerdem,Sukanya Podder +1 more
TL;DR: Ozerdem et al. as mentioned in this paper explored the linkages between recruitment experiences and reintegration outcomes of child soldiers in a case study of at risk children in Colombia and found that children are at risk of being recruited to fight.
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Understanding the Legitimacy of Armed Groups: A Relational Perspective
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the multiple pathways through which legitimacy of armed groups is constructed in conflict-affected states and adopt a political sociological approach to the study of armed grou...
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Non-State Armed Groups and Stability: Reconsidering Legitimacy and Inclusion
TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of distinguishing between different types of non-state armed groups, based on their sources of legitimacy, resources, reliability, and partnering potential, is emphasized, and four entry points that promise a strong basis for incorporating legitimacy, inclusion, and resource considerations into the planning and implementation of future state-building strategies.