Fighting on Christmas: brawling as self-governance in rural Peru
| Autor: | Edwar E. Escalante, Raymond J. March |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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05 social sciences
Law enforcement Self-governance Public administration Social acceptance 0506 political science Local community Political science 0502 economics and business Ethnography Conflict resolution 050602 political science & public administration Institutional analysis 050207 economics General Economics Econometrics and Finance Mechanism (sociology) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Institutional Economics. 16:355-368 |
| ISSN: | 1744-1382 1744-1374 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1744137419000468 |
| Popis: | This paper analyzes the Peruvian highland tradition of Takanakuy, a public brawling ritual occurring each Christmas to resolve conflicts between local community members. We argue that Takanakuy provides an effective way for locals to resolve disputes that Peru's formal judicial system is unable or unwilling to settle. Using insights from ethnographic fieldwork, journalistic articles, reports, and academic sources, we find that brawling during Takanakuy encourages social cooperation by preventing potential violence and offering community members a credible mechanism of law enforcement in an orderly fashion with social acceptance. |
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