Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru
Subtitle: Silencing Civil Society
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: November 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780230600386
Subjects: African history: postwar, from c 1945 -; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Africa; Latin America; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Political Process - Leadership; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism; Political Ideologies - Fascism & Totalitarianism; Authoritarianism; Civil society; Peru; Political violence
Description: The Shining Path was one of the most brutal insurgencies ever seen in the Western Hemisphere. This book explores the devastating effects of insurgent violence and the state's brutal countersurgency methods on Peruvian civil society.