Agency, Structures and Peru: Action and in-action during 1980-2000

<p>The Shining Path along with Alberto Fujimori's presidency in Peru (encompassing the years 1980-2000) created a terrifying chaos that was wound up in both state and insurgent terrorism, corruption, and massacres. While this chaos is inextricably linked to Peru's history, I fear is being all too quickly forgotten. My main motivation behind this research has been to take a step towards increasing awareness of these events and the many reasons behind them: the agenic nature of some versus the lack of it in others, structures developed by colonialism, and most terrifyingly of all - willful ignorance. By understanding these reasons, the hope is that society can learn to act instead of remaining ignorant to the signs of impending conflict .</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

International Studies

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• Protzel, Kimberly A

Contributors dc:contributor

• Susana Kaiser

• Peru
• Terrorism
• Abimael Guzman
• Alberto Fujimori
• Shining Path
• Sendero Luminoso
• Latin American History
• Latin American Studies
• Politics and Social Change

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/23

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:thes-1024