Social capital in war-torn Peruvian communities

Entire communities were abandoned in the Peruvian highlands during the guerrilla war of the 1980-90s. People later returned in spite of the lack of resources in their original communities. The author's observations indicate that social capital effects, through the "push" of discrimination and mistrust in host residences, the "pull" of homogeneity in the original communities and improved organization skills through the return process, are important causal explanations for this return.