Voice and vote : decentralization and participation in post-Fujimori Peru / Stephanie L. McNulty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNulty, Stephanie L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decentralization in government--Peru.

Decentralization in government.

Peru.

Political participation--Peru.

Political participation.

Democracy--Peru.

Democracy.

Peru--Politics and government--2000-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xii, 211 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2011]

Summary:

In the wake of the corruption scandals that led to the flight of President Fujimori from the country, Peru adopted, in the early 2000s, participatory decentralization reforms that sought to empower regional, provincial, and municipal governments and create new ways for civil society actors to participate in decision-making. Focusing on two specific initiatives, a mandatory participatory budgeting process for regional budget planning and Regional Coordination Councils bringing together mayors and civil society representatives to consult on development plans and institutions, McNulty (government, Franklin and Marshall College) explores why policy makers opted to adopt decentralization reforms, the factors that influenced the design of the new participatory institutions, and how the design conditioned the implementation of the reform. In addition to the change of government, McNulty points to three factors as key to the adoption of the reforms: experiences with corporate structures in the 1970s and 1980s, the experiences of some participatory planning processes during the 1980s and 1990s, and institutional relations between the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Peruvian Congress. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Peru's fragile democracy

Peru's 2002 participatory decentralization reform

Explaining the decision to empower new actors

The role of political interests in constraining PDR outcomes

Six experiences with the participatory institutions

Factors that facilitate successful participatory institutions

Concluding notes and looking ahead.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804773973

0804773971

9780804773980

080477398X

OCLC:

692288570