The Social Processes of Civil War: The Wartime Transformation of Social Networks

Wood, Elisabeth Jean

doi:10.1146/annurev.polisci.8.082103.104832

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“…Indeed, even if in this paper we have focused on attitudes towards TJ policies, the effects of victimizing experiences are likely to be broader (e.g. on political identities) (Balcells, 2007;Wood, 2008).…”

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Determinants of Attitudes Toward Transitional Justice

Aguilar

Balcells

Cebolla‐Boado

2011

Comparative Political Studies

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Abstract:Much has been said about the institutional determinants of transitional justice (TJ), yet we still know little about the determinants of citizens' attitudes towards restorative policies aimed at addressing human rights violations of the past. This paper draws on an original survey of a representative sample of Spanish citizens conducted in 2008. One year earlier, the Spanish socialist government had approved the so-called "Law of Historical Memory", aimed at providing restitution for victims of the Spanish Civil War (1936)(1937)(1938)(1939) and the Francoist dictatorship ). We analyze individual-level attitudes towards a set of TJ policies (i.e. truth commissions, trials, and symbolic reparations) in a comprehensive overview of the field. We study the effect of different sets of variables: individual socio-demographic and ideological factors, family and socialization variables, and context-related factors. Individual ideology, family victimization during the dictatorship and regional context appear as highly relevant in explaining individual attitudes towards TJ policies.

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Determinants of Attitudes Toward Transitional Justice

Aguilar

Balcells

Cebolla‐Boado

2011

Comparative Political Studies

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“…Wood (2006) Wood (2008Wood ( , 2009 proposed four social processes that affect the likelihood of escalating SVA in armed conflicts: (1) strategies used by military hierarchies and leaders (for example, expectations of behaviour standards, prohibition or reinforcement of behaviours, recruit training); (2) the socialisation processes adopted by combatants (for example, culture of obedience, diffusion of responsibility, depersonalisation of the victim group); (3) social norms and beliefs that existed prior to the conflict, or that develop and change as the conflict unfolds; and (4) group dynamics. Even in otherwise violent and chaotic war contexts, it remains possible for positive social controls to be maintained, and therefore for non-combat-related violence such as SVA to be kept in check.…”

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Endemic Sexual Violence and Abuse: Contexts and Dispositions

Rayment-McHugh

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Tilley

2015

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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Endemic sexual violence and abuse has been observed in a number of specific circumstances, most notably conflict zones, remote and marginalised communities, and religious and state institutions. In this article we examine several documented examples and argue that a similar set of causal processes are at work in all of these otherwise apparently disparate circumstances. Rather than construing the problem as 'organised' sexual abuse, we present the problem in terms of the breakdown (or disorganisation) of usual individual, situational and ecological constraints.

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“…Such groups use similar techniques (appearance change, practice, modeling) to shape young men's social identity and behavior (Vigil 2003;Wood 2008;Maruna and Roy 2007). NEPI designed STYL to reverse this process.…”

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