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ID186327
Title ProperDoes Language Foster Reconciliation? Evidence From the Former Yugoslavia
LanguageENG
AuthorKumove, Michael
Summary / Abstract (Note)Despite a surge in research on post-conflict reconciliation, the specific factors which promote reconciliation remain a subject of debate. In particular, the possible role of shared language in fostering reconciliation has received little scholarly attention. This paper examines two possible channels through which shared language may facilitate reconciliation, and tests these using a new survey dataset of 446 individuals from Serbia. As expected, the results indicated that shared language reduces the negative effect of conflict on intergroup trust and friendship, two crucial components of reconciliation. Furthermore, the results suggest that in the former Yugoslavia this effect is generated by the communication-enabling aspects of a shared language, rather than its other properties such as acting as a marker of ethnic or cultural identity.
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 66, No.4-5; May 2022: p.783-808
Journal SourceJournal of Conflict Resolution Vol: 66 No 4-5
Key WordsConflict ;  Communication ;  Reconciliation ;  Language ;  Yugoslavia ;  Intergroup Contact


 
 
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