Retribution or Reconciliation? Post‐Conflict Attitudes toward Enemy Collaborators
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6231879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristen Kao (0000-0001-5566-040X, University of Gothenburg, corresponding author), Mara Redlich Revkin (0000-0002-2715-4398, Georgetown University Law Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 358-373 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajps.12673 |
| OpenAlex | W3209277834 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 48 |
Armed groups seeking to govern territory require the cooperation of many civilians, who are widely perceived as enemy collaborators after conflict ends. The empirical literature on attitudes toward transitional justice focuses heavily on fighters, overlooking more nuanced understandings of proportional justice for civilian collaborators. Through a survey experiment conducted in an Iraqi city that was controlled by the Islamic State, we find that variations in the type of collaboration an actor engages in strongly determine preferences for punishment and forgiveness. While exposure to violence is associated with a greater desire for revenge, perceived volition behind an act—a relatively unstudied factor—is much more important. This research provides unique empirical data on the microfoundations of enemy collaborator culpability. By widening our analytical lens to consider a more realistically broad spectrum of enemy collaboration, we avoid affirming a false dichotomy between victims and perpetrators that is commonly adopted in postwar settings
Adversary · Computer security · Criminology · Economic Justice · Political science · Retributive justice · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Computer Science · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
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| Citations per year | 7,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |