Formal democracy did not extend to rural Peru, fueling civil war

Evidence

Democratic rule never reached much of the Peruvian countryside. By 1988, highland Peru bled with civil war. A Maoist guerrilla group called Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) posed the regime’s greatest threat. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 33

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 33
• XREF: connects to: Most Peruvian political-violence victims were neglected highland Indian peasants — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 701

Broader Connections

• Most Peruvian political-violence victims were neglected highland Indian peasants #exemplifies (0.82) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 701