Some peace processes are tainted by more violence than the actual conflict, sometimes worsened by spoilers. Although spoilers pose a threat to the writing or lasting of peace agreements, they do not always succeed, and instead, peace can flourish. Despite this, the effects of spoiling violence on society have not been thoroughly explored. Research suggests that criminal violence thrives in the post-war period, this paper aims to answer the research question: How do spoilers affect post-war criminal violence? As spoilers instil insecurity, the hypothesis is that post-war criminal violence will increase within a state if the peace agreements have experienced outside spoiling. To investigate this, a Structured Focused Comparison approach is employed, comparing two cases, El Salvador and Sierra Leone. However, this paper was unable to find support for the proposed causal relationship between outside spoiling and post-war criminal violence. Further research is needed to understand how spoilers affect both the peace process and criminal violence.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-525627 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Jacobsson, Tilda |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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