Open AccessCivil Society at the Negotiation Table, Legitimacy Beliefs and Durable Peace
Author(s) -
Direnç Kanol
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
peace and conflict studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1082-7307
DOI - 10.46743/1082-7307/2015.1270
Subject(s) - legitimacy , negotiation , consolidation (business) , political science , civil society , democratic legitimacy , political economy , law , sociology , politics , economics , accounting
It is argued that including civil society at the negotiation table can increase the perceived legitimacy of peace treaties. As a result, it can contribute to the consolidation of peace. In this paper, the author presents the findings from a controlled experiment in order to test the impact of inclusive peace negotiations on the perceived legitimacy of peace treaties. Contrary to the expectations of the scholars working on the inclusiveness and the consolidation of peace hypothesis, the results show that the treatment group in the experiment does not perceive inclusive peace agreements to be more legitimate.