InstitutionClaim Cited
Peru's rondas campesinas
Rural communities in Peru built unpaid night patrols against cattle theft and expanded them into assemblies for security, conflict resolution, public accountability, and political action, creating effective local justice alongside persistent risks of coercion, exclusion, and jurisdictional conflict.
How can rural communities create legitimate security and justice where state institutions are distant or mistrusted without making collective enforcement unaccountable?