 From green to ripe: Dynamics of peacemaking in Colombia (1998–2016)Jerónimo RÃos,
Manuel Hidalgo and
Luis Fernando Medina
Rationality and Society, 2021, vol. 33, issue 3, 282-312 Abstract: Armed conflict in Colombia with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) was only settled after 50 years and several attempts at negotiations. This sequence of events fits the pattern of “conflict ripeness†first proposed by William Zartman. But using a successful settlement as a way to determine ripeness can be tautological. To address this issue, we develop a formal model to identify the level of ripeness at which a conflict is settled. In an overripe conflict both parties end up spending resources in a military build-up that is out of proportion with what they obtain in the final settlement. We show that such overripeness is exacerbated by the access to resources and by the factional heterogeneity within the two sides. We illustrate these dynamics by looking in detail at the attempts at negotiation between Colombia’s government and the FARC-EP. To that end, we combine statistical data, some previously undisclosed, and interviews with some key participants. Keywords: Colombian armed conflict; conflict ripeness moment; FARC-EP; peacemaking (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:ratsoc:v:33:y:2021:i:3:p:282-312 DOI: 10.1177/10434631211024242 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Rationality and Society |
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