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Waal, Maxim (2021)

“¡Merecemos Paz y Justicia!”: A Structural comparison of the Santos and Pastrana Peace Processes With the FARC

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

Following the hypotheses that comparing different attempts at generating peace within a given intrastate conflict is a useful endeavour and secondly that contemporary academic research on peace agreements fails to adequately assess the process leading to the fabrication of negative peace, this research will consist of two sections. Firstly, it shall introduce the new phases-of-peace model. A theoretical framework which goes beyond the reach of the overarching theories of peace and takes into account the full range of events which precede the signing of a peace agreement. Secondly it will apply this model to the Colombian case in order to extract valuable lessons by comparing the Pastrana and Santos peace negotiations. The ultimate aim of this research is to utilize the phases-of-peace model to highlight which factors changed between the negotiations and what role they played in the outcome of the negotiations.

Colombia

FARC

peace processes

Santos

Pastrana

Author

Waal, Maxim

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Global Conflict in the Modern Era

Supervisors

Dr. N. Rodriguez Idarraga

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en