Mobilizing Affection: Why Victims' Relatives Engage in Long-Term Activism in High-Risk Settings

• In Event: Civilian Populations and Conflict

Brief Overview

What explains the long-term activism of victims’ relatives amid violent conflicts? I argue that victims’ relatives remain mobilized when they form affective bonds with one another amid generalized social ostracization and prevalent impunity.

Author

• Laura N Lopez-Perez, University of Notre Dame