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When War Adversaries Talk: The Experimental Effect of Engagement Rules on Postconflict Deliberation
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Ugarriza Uribe, Juan Esteban
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2016
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Blackwell Publishing Inc.
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A set of discussion groups including leftist ex-guerrillas and rightist ex-paramilitaries in Colombia shows the limits for democratic deliberation in postconflict societies, but also points to ways that outcomes closer to the deliberative ideal might be obtained. A total of 342 ex-combatants agreed to sit down and talk politics under a number of experimental conditions, using three different protocols of engagement. Results show that consensus rule fosters simultaneously a more reasoned and common-good–oriented, and less self-interested type of discussion when compared to majority rule and unstructured “free talk.” Nevertheless, while it might be desirable to promote a better quality of deliberation in divided societies, it does not necessarily prevent antagonists’ tendency to polarize. © 2016 University of Miami
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Conflict management , Democracy , Experiment , Politics , War , Colombia
