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Violence and Reconciliation in Colombia: The Personal and the Contextual
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Abstract In the aftermath of war and large-scale violence, how can nations function as societies? How can people learn to live together again? Or, have the foundations of trust, civility, and predictability upon which fully functioning societies depend been irrevocably damaged? If we want to understand why r... view more
In the aftermath of war and large-scale violence, how can nations function as societies? How can people learn to live together again? Or, have the foundations of trust, civility, and predictability upon which fully functioning societies depend been irrevocably damaged? If we want to understand why reconciliation does or does not take root, we must begin by understanding the perspectives and interests of individuals. In this article, I develop such a model of individual attitudes towards reconciliation. In particular, I analyse the determinants of individual beliefs about reconciliation, with a particular emphasis on the impact of violence in Colombia. I combine survey data from the Latin American Public Opinion Project survey on individual attitudes regarding reconciliation with data on political violence to measure the extent to which individuals live in environments characterised by violence and how this shapes their opinions about reconciliation.... view less
Keywords
Colombia; violence; reconciliation; conflict management; peacekeeping; coming to terms with the past; public opinion; Latin America
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
peacebuilding; Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 323-347
Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 11 (2019) 3
ISSN
1868-4890
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed