Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru

Silencing Civil Society
Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-230-60038-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

The Shining Path was one of the most brutal insurgencies ever seen in the Western Hemisphere. Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru explores the devastating effects of insurgent violence and the state's brutal counterinsurgency methods on Peruvian civil society.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burt, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Civil Society, Political Violence, and the Authoritarian State in Peru PART I: STATE FORMATION AND STATE DEFORMATION The Weak State Social Consequences of State Breakdown Terror versus Terror The Crisis of Organized Politics PART II: GRAY ZONES AND GUERRILLAS: SHINING PATH IN LIMA The Iron Belts of Misery In the Gray Zones: States of Shining Path The Battle of Villa El Salvador PART III: STATE MAKING AGAINST DEMOCRACY The Authoritarian Reconstitution of the State 'Quien habla es terrorista': The Politics of Fear The Authoritarian State and the Resurgence of Civil Society

Über Autor(innen)

JO-MARIE BURT is Associate Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. She was a Fulbright Scholar and visiting researcher at the Catholic University of Peru in 2006, and she served as a research consultant for the Peruvian Truth and Justice Commission in 2002-2003. She is co-editor, with Philip Mauceri, of Politics in the Andes: Identity, Conflict, Reform (2004).