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Association: Name: Midwest Political Science Association URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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Mantilla, Luis. "The Cutting Edge of Civility: Civil Society, Rule of Law, and Social Conflict in Peru" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, Apr 12, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p198094_index.html>

Mantilla, L. F. , 2007-04-12 "The Cutting Edge of Civility: Civil Society, Rule of Law, and Social Conflict in Peru" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL Online <PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p198094_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper focuses on the impact of local civil society organizations on the trajectory of social conflicts under conditions of weak rule of law. Both civil society and rule of law have been presented as potentially key elements for improving governance and facilitating democratic consolidation. However, there is little empirical research on how the two interact in scenarios that are very different from those of the affluent liberal-democratic countries in which the concepts were developed. The case of Peru offers a valuable opportunity for evaluating this relationship, as accounts of 173 social conflicts collected by the Peruvian Ombudsman over the last three years shed light on both the shortcomings of the rule of law and the type of actors involved in articulating popular discontent. The paper finds that the presence of civil society organizations increases the likelihood that complainants will attempt to use legal mechanisms and peaceful demonstrations. However, it also argues that due to the weakness of the rule of law, legal mechanisms usually prove ineffective. For this reason, the presence of civil society organizations is insufficient to curb the recurrent use of violence to solve disputes.

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