Making institutions work in Peru : democracy, development and inequality since 1980 / edited by John Crabtree.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crabtree, John, 1950-

University of London. Institute for the Study of the Americas.

University of Oxford. Latin American Centre.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies--Peru--Reorganization--Congresses.

Administrative agencies.

Representative government and representation--Peru--Congresses.

Representative government and representation.

Institution building--Congresses.

Institution building.

Democratization--Peru--Congresses.

Democratization.

Equality--Peru--Congresses.

Equality.

Economic policy.

Social policy.

Politics and government.

Peru--Politics and government--1980---Congresses.

Peru.

Peru--Social policy--Congresses.

Peru--Economic policy--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 292 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, [2006]

Summary:

The elections of 2006 in Peru are an appropriate moment to reflect on Toledo's term as president and on the broader agenda for building a polity that is more democratic and inclusive. In a country of extreme social inequality, such an aspiration represents an enormous challenge. The sudden collapse of the Fujimori regime, which had dominated Peru for the entirety of the 1990s, provided an opportunity for institutional reform and rebuilding. Toledo's election victory in 2001 seemed to provide this. The impetus proved short-lived, as the new president's popularity sank to unprecedented levels. The public support for Peru's democratic institutions continued to haemorrhage. This collection suggests that the challenges of institutional development run very deep, and are not peculiar to one government in particular. Institutional change in Peru is part of a much wider process of transformation.

Contents:

Nation-building, racism and inequality : institutional development in Peru in historical perspective / Paulo Drinot

Political parties and intermediation in Peru / John Crabtree

Decentralisation : an opportunity for democratic governance / Carlos Monge Salgado

The blocking of reform in the security services / Fernando Rospigliosi

Institutional change and social programmes ./ Pedro Francke

Agrarian policy, institutional change and new actors in Peruvian agriculture / Fernando Eguren

Judicial reform in Peru (1990-2005) / Eduardo Dargent Bocanegra

Promoting human rights : NGOs and the state in Peru / Coletta A. Youngers

The problem of strengthening business institutions / Francisco Durand

The regulation of market power in a democratic transition / Jose I. Tavara

Financing institutional development in Peru / Richard Webb

Conclusions /John Crabtree.

Notes:

Based on a two-day conference held in February 2005 at St. Antony's College, Oxford by the Latin American Centre of the University of Oxford.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-279) and index.

ISBN:

1900039702

9781900039703

1900039648

9781900039642

OCLC:

70252232