Book contents
- As War Ends
- As War Ends
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Complexity of the Organizational Design for Implementation of a Peace Accord
- 2 Violence, Grassroots Pressure, and Civil War Peace Processes
- 3 Land, Violence, and the Colombian Peace Process
- 4 Determinants of State Strength and Capacity
- 5 The Threat of Organized Crime in Post-Conflict Colombia
- 6 Violence after Peace
- 7 Two Emblematic Peacebuilding Initiatives in Antioquia
- 8 From Counterinsurgency to Peacebuilding
- 9 Transitional Justice in the Colombian Final Accord
- 10 The Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation, and Non-Repetition
- 11 Una Tierra Inexplorada
- 12 Leading the Public to Peace
- 13 Securing the Peace and Promoting Human Rights in Post-Accord Colombia
- 14 Achieving an Unpopular Balance
- 15 Countering Violent Extremism through Narrative Intervention
- 16 Geographies of Truth in the Colombian Transitional Justice Process
- 17 Conclusion
- Index
- References
12 - Leading the Public to Peace
Trust in Elites, the Legitimacy of Negotiated Peace, and Support for Transitional Justice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 July 2019
Book contents
- As War Ends
- As War Ends
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Complexity of the Organizational Design for Implementation of a Peace Accord
- 2 Violence, Grassroots Pressure, and Civil War Peace Processes
- 3 Land, Violence, and the Colombian Peace Process
- 4 Determinants of State Strength and Capacity
- 5 The Threat of Organized Crime in Post-Conflict Colombia
- 6 Violence after Peace
- 7 Two Emblematic Peacebuilding Initiatives in Antioquia
- 8 From Counterinsurgency to Peacebuilding
- 9 Transitional Justice in the Colombian Final Accord
- 10 The Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation, and Non-Repetition
- 11 Una Tierra Inexplorada
- 12 Leading the Public to Peace
- 13 Securing the Peace and Promoting Human Rights in Post-Accord Colombia
- 14 Achieving an Unpopular Balance
- 15 Countering Violent Extremism through Narrative Intervention
- 16 Geographies of Truth in the Colombian Transitional Justice Process
- 17 Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
Negotiating peace in a democratic context where public opinion matters and an international context eschewing the past norm of forgive-and-forget to end conflicts poses new dilemmas for peace negotiators. With both domestic constituents and international law demanding retributive justice for the most egregious human rights abuses, how are negotiators to induce combatants to lay down arms and end a conflict? We examine these dilemmas in the Colombia peace talks of 2012–2016 – a case of a protracted conflict in a democracy with relatively strong rule of law institutions; well-organized civil society, and especially human rights organizations; and a vibrant political dynamic involving both the multi-party Congress and public opinion in the approval and implementation of the negotiated agreement.
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- As War EndsWhat Colombia Can Tell Us About the Sustainability of Peace and Transitional Justice, pp. 282 - 303Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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