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Democracy Without Peace: The Cultural Politics of Terror in Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

Susan C. Bourque  and
Kay B. Warren
Susan C. Bourque
Affiliation:
Smith College
Kay B. Warren
Affiliation:
Princeton University
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The twelve years of military rule in Peru between 1968 and 1980 witnessed few abuses of human rights, in marked contrast to the activities of military governments in Southern Cone countries like Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Yet paradoxically, the return to democracy in Peru, with the election of Fernando Belaúnde in 1980 and Alan García in 1985, has brought sharp escalations in political violence and terror. Guerrilla activity by the Sendero Luminoso (“Shining Path”) in the highlands, urban terrorism, and a severe economic crisis have combined to pose a serious challenge to the authority of the state. Thus it is problematic to speak of a “return to democracy” while Peruvians are being subjected to expanding military control and repression.

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Research Article
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , 1989 , pp. 7 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the University of Texas Press

Footnotes

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We would like to thank June Nash, Richard N. Adams, Joan Scott, Peter Johnson, Jill Conway, and the anonymous LARR reviewers for their comments and suggestions on this paper. Paul Doughty, Billie Jean Isbell, and Julio Cotler also stimulated our thoughts during the presentations of earlier versions at the meetings of the American Anthropological Association in 1985 and the Latin American Studies Association in 1986.

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