The tolerance of tamils: War-related experiences, psychological pathways, and the probability of granting civil liberties to former enemies

Carolin Rapp; Sara Kijewski; Markus Freitag

doi:10.1086/704328

The tolerance of tamils: War-related experiences, psychological pathways, and the probability of granting civil liberties to former enemies

Carolin Rapp, Sara Kijewski, Markus Freitag

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This article evaluates the psychological pathways between war exposure and the formation of political tolerance in Sri Lanka after the civil war between 1983 and 2009. To date, little is known in the political science literature about the interplay between war experiences, their psychological footprints, and the formation of political tolerance. Using survey data from 2016, we are able to evaluate the psychological consequences of war experiences, differentiating between the issues of both war-related distress and posttraumatic growth. Our results based on path models reveal that war exposure does not uniformly damage political tolerance: experiences of posttraumatic growth, a highly discussed phe-nomenon, are able to increase an individual’s probability of granting basic civil liberties to an opposing group.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	12
Tidsskrift	Journal of Politics
Vol/bind	81
Udgave nummer	4
Sider (fra-til)	1328-1341
ISSN	0022-3816
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1086/704328
Status	Udgivet - 1 okt. 2019

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