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dc.contributor.authorCanamala, Jose' Domingos Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-12T10:07:15Z
dc.date.available2019-11-12T10:07:15Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/1982
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to the Dept. of Political and Administrative Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Botswana in partial fulfillment of the degree of Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies. Citation: Canamala, J. D. B. (2017) A study on the security implications of military conscription: the case of Mozambique, University of Botswana.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study considers the security benefits and costs associated with military conscription in Mozambique. Mozambique has been conscripting young people into the army since Portuguese occupation of the territory several centuries ago. It employs realism and blow back theories. The study shows that while conscription boosted the fighting power of the Portuguese colonial government and that of the FRELIMO liberation movement, it has worsened Mozambican security after the country’s independence. It also shows that those that were conscripted to fight for Portugal were later abandoned by the new system, driving them into an insurgency that exposed the country to insecurity and devastated the economy. The study further shows that over the years, many new conscripts have equally been abandoned to their own devices, exposing the country to criminality of high magnitude. But the study further shows that models of conscriptions exist from which Mozambique could learn from in order to enjoy the security benefits of conscription.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Botswana, www.ub.bwen_US
dc.subjectMilitary conscriptionsen_US
dc.subjectSecurityen_US
dc.subjectsecurity benefits of conscriptionen_US
dc.subjectPortuguese colonial governmenten_US
dc.subjectFRELIMOen_US
dc.subjectMozambiqueen_US
dc.titleA study on the security implications of military conscription: the case of Mozambiqueen_US
dc.typeMasters Thesis/Dissertationen_US


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