Civil War and the Formation of Social Trust in Kosovo
Posttraumatic Growth or War-related Distress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284683 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara Kijewski (0000-0001-7781-7869, Department of Social Sciences, Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, corresponding author), Michel Freitag (0000-0003-2428-0652, University of Bern), Markus Freitag (Department of Social Sciences, Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 717-742 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002716666324 |
| OpenAlex | W2520780412 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 63 |
| References cited | 77 |
While a new, growing subset of the literature argues that armed conflict does not necessarily erode social cohesion in the postwar era, we challenge this perspective and examine how civil war experiences shape social trust in Kosovo after the war from 1998 to 1999. Based on a nationwide survey conducted in 2010 and the disaggregated conflict event data set of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, we simultaneously analyze the impact of individual war-related experiences and exposure to war in the community through hierarchical analyses of twenty-six municipalities. Our findings confirm that civil war is negatively related to social trust. This effect proves to be more conclusive for individual war experiences than for contextual war exposure. Arguably, the occurrence of instances of violence with lasting psychological as well as social structural consequences provides people with clear evidence of the untrustworthiness, uncooperativeness, and hostility of others, diminishing social trust in the aftermath of war
Cohesion (chemistry · Criminology · Hostility · Interpersonal ties · Political economy · Political science · Social capital · Social trust · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Survey data collection · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Unique citing works | 63 |
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| Citations per year | 7 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 61 |