Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction: Leaving the Path 1
5. 1. Shining Path: The Last Peasant War in the Andes 17
6. 2. Civil Wars and Their Consequences: The Peruvian Armed Conflict in Comparative Perspective 51
7. 3. From Oligarchic Domination to Neoliberal Governance: The Shining Path and the Transformation of Peru’s Constitutional Order 79
8. 4. The Internal Armed Conflict and State Capacity: Institutional Reforms and the Effective Exercise of Authority 109
9. 5. Impact and Legacies of Political Violence in Peru’s Public Universities 132
10. 6. Peace for Whom? Legacies of Gender-Based Violence in Peru 157
11. 7. Indigenous Activism and Human Rights NGOs in Peru: The Unexpected Consequences of Armed Conflict 176
12. 8. Political Violence and the Defeat of the Left 202
13. 9. From a Partisan Right to the Conservative Archipelago: Political Violence and the Transformation of the Right-Wing Spectrum in Contemporary Peru 226
14. 10. Public Opinion, the Specter of Violence, and Democracy in Contemporary Peru 250
15. 11. Contested Memories of the Peruvian Internal Armed Conflict 285
16. Conclusion 312
17. Works Cited 328
18. Contributors 371
19. Index 374