The article helps increase understandings of ethnicity and former armed group affiliation shapes possibilities for political reintegration after war. It investigates whether participants in a conjoint experiment in Colombia discriminate between political candidates of European and African descent and whether politicians of different ethnic identities are differentially punished for ties to armed groups. 

One of the main findings is that that participants display a strong aversion toward politicians with armed group affiliations and that they discriminate against Afro-Colombian candidates. The contextual and subtle nature of discriminatory behavior underscores the need for scholars to consider a range of methodologies and settings when mapping the phenomenon and its implications for peace processes. Therefore, the authors urge peace and conflict researchers to build on the present study to investigate other instances of discrimination and ethnic barriers after war. 

Link to the article:  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00220027231222252

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