War experiences, economic grievances, and political participation in postwar societies: An empirical analysis of Kosovo

Markus Freitag, Sara Kijewski and Malvin Oppold
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Markus Freitag: University of Bern, Switzerland
Sara Kijewski: University of Bern, Switzerland
Malvin Oppold: University of Bern, Switzerland

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2019, vol. 36, issue 4, 405-424

Abstract: This article contributes to the debate evolving around the political legacy of armed conflict. We evaluate the effect of war experiences during the 1998–1999 civil war in Kosovo on various modes of political participation. We find that war victims are on average more likely to participate in non-institutionalized forms of participation such as signing petitions and to participate in protests in the postwar era. In addition, we show that the impact of war experiences on political protest is contingent upon the postwar situation. War experiences are linked to protest behavior when a survivor is economically disadvantaged after the war. However, war experiences lose their impact on protest behavior when people do not encounter economic grievances in the postwar environment. In this vein, exploring the postwar context enriches our understanding of the political legacy of war victimization.

Keywords: Civil war; grievances; Kosovo; political legacy; political participation; survey data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0738894217716464

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