Individual-level mechanisms of transitional justice policies

Identify the individual-level mechanisms through which transitional justice policies influence attitudes and behaviors, specifying how interventions such as transitional justice museums produce effects on support for democratic institutions and related outcomes.

Background

The paper discusses a field experiment in Chile where visiting a transitional justice museum increased support for democratic institutions. While positive effects are documented, the mechanisms through which such policies operate at the individual level are not well understood.

Clarifying these mechanisms is necessary for designing effective and potentially less costly interventions that reproduce the beneficial effects of transitional justice policies.

References

Less is known, however, about how such policies operate at the individual level and through what mechanisms.

— Assumption Smuggling in Intermediate Outcome Tests of Causal Mechanisms  (2407.07072 - Blackwell et al., 2024) in Section 2.2 (Transitional Justice Museums and Support for Democracy)