The impacts of violence on the electoral and political behavior of civilians: Evidence from Colombia

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dc.contributor.advisorHomola, Jonathanen_US
dc.creatorLopez Alvarez, Santiagoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T16:45:12Zen_US
dc.date.created2023-05en_US
dc.date.issued2023-04-18en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2023en_US
dc.date.updated2023-08-09T16:45:12Zen_US
dc.descriptionEMBARGO NOTE: This item is embargoed until 2025-05-01en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines how different levels and types of exposures to conflict affect electoral behavior and political attitudes among civilians in Colombia's conflict and post-conflict scenarios. The first paper explores the measure-dependency in the contrasting results in the literature regarding citizens' responses to violence exposure. Using electoral and survey data, this chapter advances a two-dimensional framework of analysis that takes into consideration the type and level of an individual's exposure to violence to explain the adoption of functional and normative approaches to conflict resolution. The second paper explores the political costs associated to Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration programs; concretely, the changes in the electoral behavior of communities affected by the relocation of former fighters. Using a difference-in-difference design and electoral data, I look at how the installation of reincorporation centers for former Farc guerrilla members affected the support for parties in favor of the negotiation. The third paper takes a more disaggregated approach and tests the effectiveness of intergroup contact in reducing the levels of perceived social distance between civilians and ex-combatants. I explore this question with original face-to-face survey data collected in seven municipalities where former Farc rebels are taking part in reincorporation programs.en_US
dc.embargo.lift2025-05-01en_US
dc.embargo.terms2025-05-01en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationLopez Alvarez, Santiago. "The impacts of violence on the electoral and political behavior of civilians: Evidence from Colombia." (2023) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/115113">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/115113</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/115113en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectCivil waren_US
dc.subjectDDR programsen_US
dc.subjectelectoral accountabilityen_US
dc.subjectpeace processen_US
dc.subjectintergroup conflicten_US
dc.subjectpost-conflict studiesen_US
dc.titleThe impacts of violence on the electoral and political behavior of civilians: Evidence from Colombiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPolitical Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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