Legacies of civil wars: a 14‐year study of social conflicts and well‐being outcomes in farming economies
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Article Title | Legacies of civil wars: a 14‐year study of social conflicts and well‐being outcomes in farming economies |
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ERA Journal ID | 10825 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Igreja, Victor (Author), Colaizzi, Janna (Author) and Brekelmans, Alana (Author) |
Journal Title | British Journal of Sociology |
Journal Citation | 72 |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Year | 2020 |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0007-1315 |
1468-4446 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12802 |
Web Address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.12802 |
Abstract | Community processes to address fractured social relationships and well‐being remain the least examined dimensions in studies of legacies of civil wars. This article addresses these limitations by analyzing how the wartime and postwar generations have negotiated the legacies of the civil war (1976–1992) in a farming economy region in Mozambique. Based on a 14‐year (2002–2015) study of community courts in Mozambique, we analyzed the types of social conflicts and the associations with gender, age, risk factors, self‐described health impairments, and the timing of farming activities. We identified n = 3,456 participants and found that perennial sources of disputes were related to family formation and maintenance, defamation, accusations of perpetration of serious civil wartime violations, mistrust, debts, and domestic violence. Furthermore, conflict relations were associated with gender, age, risk factors, and health problems. This study concludes that civil wars have lasting multifaceted legacies, but generational tensions, availability of community institutions, and economic resources shape social relationships and well‐being outcomes while averting revenge cycles among civilian war survivors. |
Keywords | agrarian economies, community courts, conflict relations, gender and age, normalization strategies, post-civil wars, risk factors, socio-health impairments, transitional justice |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 441004. Social change |
430399. Historical studies not elsewhere classified | |
440106. Medical anthropology | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
Laureate Institute for Brain Research, United States | |
University of Queensland | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6321/legacies-of-civil-wars-a-14-year-study-of-social-conflicts-and-well-being-outcomes-in-farming-economies
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