What is it about?
This article examines the relationship between militarization and child mortality, showing that a two different types of militarization affect child mortality rates. Both types of militarization have their impact through differences in access to improved sanitation and the level of women's education
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Why is it important?
This article shows that different types of militarization have opposite effects on child mortality.
Perspectives
We know too little about how militarization affects the life chances of civilians. We show that militarization affects the most basic life chance--survival.
Steven Carlton-Ford
University of Cincinnati
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This page is a summary of: Guns and Butter: Child Mortality and the Mediators of Militarization, Armed Forces & Society, March 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0095327x18758288.
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