Emotional legacies of war among former Colombian paramilitaries.

Nussio, Enzo

doi:10.1037/a0030327

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“…Demobilized combatants let behind the social category of combatants to assume a membership in a new social category represented by the civilian community. The hostility of the other members of the civilian community may lead the former combatants to use defensive strategies, such as isolating themselves (see Nussio, 2012;Paluck, 2010;Theidon, 2007), concealing their former identity or taking up arms again (see Kingma, 2002;Walter, 1997Walter, , 2002. In the case of this study, we readily understand that most demobilized combatants, after years of war as perpetrators of violence (or reputation for committing crimes), are inclined to conceal a prior identity that is rejected by the civilian community.…”

Section: Avoiding Discrimination By Concealing An Identity: a Psychosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Concealing former identity to be accepted after the demobilization process in Colombia: A real reintegration in a post conflict scenario?

González

Clémence

2019

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes underlie the issue of the adaptation of former combatants into civilian life, as well as their acceptance by the civilian population. In an ongoing conflict scenario like Colombia’s, some factors such as civilian hostility and discrimination can lead former combatants to opt for defensive strategies such as concealing their former identity or taking up arms again. Until 2016, 58’000 combatants tried to rebuild their lives in civil society under a process where concealing their former combatant identity was necessary for reintegration. This paper contributes with original data on concealing identities in DDR processes, from a field study conducted in 2014 in Colombia with former members of guerrillas’ group (FARC and ELN) and paramilitaries’ group (AUC) in four different regions in the country (N = 201). We study the factors that determine concealing the former combatant identity and its effects on reintegration. The voluntary demobilization and the pride of having belonged to an armed group decrease the frequency of concealing the former identity. Otherwise, a hostile civilian community’s reception increases the level of concealing. Contrary to literature on intragroup relations and on social reintegration and reconciliation, our results reveal that concealing one’s past seems to indirectly permit a better integration, with a higher identification with civilian life. Results are discussed with reference to social identity theory, reintegration, and reconciliation literature, regarding the limits of reintegration processes in an ongoing conflict scenario.

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Section: Avoiding Discrimination By Concealing An Identity: a Psychosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Concealing former identity to be accepted after the demobilization process in Colombia: A real reintegration in a post conflict scenario?

González

Clémence

2019

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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“…2.See also Nussio (2012) for an example of a study that deals with issues of continuity in the experiences of ex-combatants.…”

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Second time around: Ex-combatants at the polls in Liberia

Söderström

2013

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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A precondition for sustainable peace and democracy is the acceptance of new ways of solving political problems without resorting to arms. Post-war elections are an important point for testing the legitimacy of the new regime, highlighting the depth of micro-level support for democracy. In the case of Liberia, the most notable problem of the elections of 2005 related to the issue of legitimacy. The ex-combatants did not trust the results and felt abandoned after the elections. Such experiences stand in the way of further deepening democracy in Liberia and may offer the grounds for mobilising anew. Yet, it is only by repeated experiences with elections that a process of democratisation takes place. This article addresses how the second experience with elections has changed ex-combatants' relation with democracy and experience of legitimacy, through re-interviewing a number of ex-combatants concerning their electoral experience from 2005 and 2011.

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“…45 Mishler and Rose 2001. 46 Bayer, Klasen, and Adam 2007; see also Nussio 2012a. 47 Blattman and Annan 2010.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…59 Kinder and Kiewiet 1979. 60 See for example Arjona and Kalyvas 2009;Nussio 2012a;Ugarriza 2009;Villegas 2009. 61 Nussio 2012b;Söderström 2011b. 52,419 persons were certified as demobilized in Colombia.…”

Section: The Colombian Ddr Processmentioning

confidence: 99%