Community Counts: The Social Reintegration of Ex-combatants in Colombia

Author(s): Oliver Kaplan, Enzo Nussio
Journal Title: Conflict Management and Peace Science
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Volume: 35
Issue: 2
Pages: 132-153
Publication Year: 2018

Community-level programs to reintegrate ex-combatants into society are based on the theory that the participation of ex-combatants in communities can promote reconciliation and minimize recidivism. This article evaluates community and security-related opportunities for and constraints on social reintegration using a survey of ex-combatants from Colombia. It concludes that the characteristics of communities are critical in determining where there are higher rates of participation in social organizations. Further, it finds that ex-combatants are more likely to participate in communities, and feel less of a need to organize among themselves, when civilian community members themselves participate at higher rates.

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