Determinants of Attitudes Toward Transitional Justice

Aguilar, Paloma; Balcells, Laia; Cebolla‐Boado, Héctor

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“…Victims with stronger religious beliefs are more open to forgiveness (David & Choi, ). Aguilar, Balcells, & Cebolla‐Boado () explored the transitional justice preferences of the general population in Spain, and they found that groups with more recent traumatic experiences had more positive views of truth commissions, while ideology plays an important role as the heirs of “republicans”/victims are generally more proactive supporters of transitional justice. In one of the most counterintuitive findings, Nussio, Rettberg, & Ugarriza () found no significant divergence between the attitudes victims and nonvictims towards transitional justice in Colombia.…”

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Exposure to Violence and Attitudes Towards Transitional Justice

Hall

Kovras

Stefanović³

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Political Psychology

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Transitional justice has emerged to address victims' needs as a means of restoring relations broken by violence. Yet we know little about victims' attitudes towards different transitional justice mechanisms. Why do some victims prioritize retributive justice while others favor other forms of dealing with the violent past? What determines victims' attitudes towards transitional justice policies? To address these questions, we offer a new theoretical framework that draws upon recent insights from the field of evolutionary psychology and links both war exposure and postwar environments to transitional justice preferences. We argue that both past experiences of wartime violence and present-day social interdependence with perpetrators impact transitional justice preferences, but in divergent ways (resulting in greater support for retributive vs. restorative justice measures, respectively). To test our framework, we rely upon a 2013 representative survey of 1,007 respondents focusing on general population attitudes towards transitional justice in Bosnia two decades after the implementation of the Dayton Accords. Specifically, we examine the impact of displacement, return to prewar homes, loss of property, loss of a loved one, physical injury, imprisonment, and torture on attitudes towards transitional justice. On the whole, our findings confirm our two main hypotheses: Exposure to direct violence and losses is associated with more support for retributive justice measures, while greater present-day interdependence with perpetrators is associated with more support for restorative justice measures. While acknowledging the legacy of wartime violence, we highlight the importance of the postwar context and institutional mechanisms that support victims in reconstructing their lives.KEY WORDS: exposure to violence, transitional justice, displacement, Bosnia, retributive justice, restorative justice, victimhoodThe war of 1992-95 left a deep trauma in Bosnian society as the country was subjected to an armed campaign characterized by ethnic cleansing and the genocide in Srebenica unprecedented for 345 0162-895X

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Exposure to Violence and Attitudes Towards Transitional Justice

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Kovras

Stefanović³

et al. 2017

Political Psychology

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“…There are a couple of interesting articles that use the same survey to study different questions. Aguilar et al () analyze the determinants of attitudes toward transitional justice in Spain. They find that family victimization during the Civil War is not generally associated with support for such justice, while political repression during the Francoist dictatorship is.…”

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The Long‐term Effects of Political Violence on Political Attitudes: Evidence from the Spanish Civil War

Oto‐Peralías

2015

Kyklos

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This article investigates whether political violence has long-term effects on attitudes toward political participation. This is an interesting topic because public engagement and social capital play a crucial role in shaping the economy and democracy. We exploit a recent survey on the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War to shed light on this question. Our findings indicate that being a member of a family that suffered violence during the Civil War is related to a higher interest, knowledge and engagement in politics. These results stand in stark contrast to the common expectation that political violence leads to lower public engagement, while they are consistent with other studies focusing on the short-term consequences of civil conflicts. Therefore, the legacy of political violence, far from creating political apathy, may be the higher involvement of citizens in politics.

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“…There are a couple of interesting articles that use the same survey to study different questions. Aguilar et al (2011) analyze the determinants of attitudes toward transitional justice in Spain. They find that family victimization during the Civil War is not generally associated with support for such justice, while political repression during the Francoist dictatorship is.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Long-Term Effects of Political Violence on Political Attitudes: Evidence from the Spanish Civil War

Oto‐Peralías

2015

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Determinants of Attitudes Toward Transitional Justice

Cited by 75 publications

References 33 publications

Exposure to Violence and Attitudes Towards Transitional Justice

Exposure to Violence and Attitudes Towards Transitional Justice

The Long‐term Effects of Political Violence on Political Attitudes: Evidence from the Spanish Civil War

The Long-Term Effects of Political Violence on Political Attitudes: Evidence from the Spanish Civil War

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