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“We Are Constructing” Peace: Local Conflict Legacies and Postconflict Reconstruction in a Peruvian Cocaine Enclave, 2003–2007
Author(s) -
Dun Mirella
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
peace and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1468-0130
pISSN - 0149-0508
DOI - 10.1111/pech.12076
Subject(s) - ethnography , human settlement , narrative , state (computer science) , internal conflict , political science , focus (optics) , political economy , sociology , armed conflict , economic geography , geography , law , anthropology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , algorithm , politics , computer science , physics , optics
Regional dynamics and complexities within internal armed conflicts can lead to partial conflict settlements that can disrupt peace if managed ineffectively by the state. To gain an insight into these regional dynamics, research must focus on the local realities. The use of in‐depth accounts of the local narratives about conflict, peace, and the relations between the local postconflict processes and the parallel national processes all constitute elements that are indispensable for a deeper understanding of postconflict reconstruction in societies where an illegal industry dominates the local economy. The ethnographic approach used in this study allowed the researcher to explore the regional complexities within the Peruvian Upper Huallaga.