| ID | 191028 |
| Title Proper | Self defense network against terrorism and crime |
| Other Title Information | evidence from Peru |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Escalante, Edwar E |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | According to prevailing evidence, self-enforcing agreements do not scale up. In self-governing societies, small groups are able to provide order and security when the group is small; but when groups are larger, collective action seems to be more efficient if undertaken by state-like institutions. However, an effective provision of national security may result from a bottom-up development of rules and institutions. This paper covers a case in which thousands of peasants built multicommunity partnerships that scaled up to produce public goods with no central direction. The organizational patterns of these peasant partnerships resulted in a vast rural movement that played a decisive role in defeating crime and terrorism in Peru between 1980 and 2000. The intergroup interactions reflected a polycentric order that served to discover the boundaries of the new jurisdictions. |
| `In' analytical Note | Terrorism and Political Violence Vol.35, No.4; Jan-Jun 2023: p.828-845 |
| Journal Source | Terrorism and Political Violence Vol: 35 No 1-4 |
| Key Words | Terrorism ; Security ; Crime ; Institutions ; Peru ; Organizations ; Networks |