The Role of Social Autonomy in Perceptions of "Other" in the International System: Experimentation and Theory-Building With Agent-Based Modeling.

This paper offers early development of a theory of how a society's identity system affects its ability to change its perception of an adversary following a conflict. The author first presents separately researched findings regarding the ability of established theoretical schools to explain variation in inter-state reconciliation outcomes, thus providing a basis to assess the relative usefulness of a new identity theory. Second, the author develops a formal model that captures the core aspects of his identity theory, and describes the results of experimentation with that model. Finally, the author assesses the relevance of his experimentation findings for the broader reconciliation literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]