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Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru : Silencing Civil Society
ISBN: 9780230621176 | 0230621171
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date: 1/15/2010
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This book is an analysis of two of the most complex and enigmatic phenomena to emerge in Latin America in recent decades: the extremely violent Shining Path guerrilla movement, and the decade-long regime of political outsider turned dictator, Alberto Fujimori.
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 Per... MORE
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 Per... MORE
| List of Figures | p. ix |
| List of Tables | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| List of Acronyms | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| State Formation and State Deformation | |
| The Weak State | p. 25 |
| Social Consequences of State Breakdown | p. 41 |
| Terror versus Terror | p. 53 |
| The Crisis of Organized Politics | p. 69 |
| Gray... MORE | |
| The Iron Belts of Misery | p. 91 |
| In the Gray Zones: States of Shining Path | p. 103 |
| The Battle of Villa El Salvador | p. 125 |
| State Making against Democracy | |
| The Authoritarian Reconstitution of the State | p. 159 |
| Quien Habla es Terrorista: The Politics of Fear | p. 189 |
| The Authoritarian State and the Resurgence of Civil Society | p. 213 |
| Notes | p. 243 |
| Bibliography | p. 261 |
| Index | p. 277 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Jo-Marie Burt is Associate Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. 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). In 2008, Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru was nominated for the WOLA-Duke book award for the best non-fiction book published in English on human rights, democracy and social justice in contemporary Latin America.
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