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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNulty, Stephanie L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decentralization in government--Peru.

Decentralization in government.

Political participation--Peru.

Political participation.

Democracy--Peru.

Democracy.

Peru--Politics and government--2000-.

Peru.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

In the months following disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori's flight to Japan, Peru had a political crisis on its hands. The newly elected government that came together in mid-2001 faced a skeptical and suspicious public, with no magic bullet for achieving legitimacy. Many argued that the future of democracy was at stake, and that the government's ability to decentralize and incorporate new actors in decision-making processes was critical. Toward that end, the country's political elite devolved power to subnational governments and designed new institutions to encourage broader citizen

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804777681

0804777683

OCLC:

744354132