Building Democracy with Equality: The Participatory Experience in the Rural Province of Anta, Cusco, Peru

The province of Anta, in the region of Cusco, has been the site of an important process of political and social participation which has involved the increasing articulation of rural communities, traditionally excluded from the state political dynamics, with urban organisations and local governments. The process began in the district of Limatambo, where participatory governance measures were developed to engage small farmers and members of rural communities in a significant socialisation of power. The success of this experience led to the victory of the local political group in the provincial elections, the next level of government. Among the many different actors involved were political organisations, farm communities, neighbourhood associations, grass roots organisations and non?governmental organisations (NGOs)

Cuadernos PNUD, Serie Desarrollo Humano, No. 15

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The Death and Rebirth of a Party System, Peru 1978-2001

This article evaluates structural, institutional, and actor-centered explanations of the collapse of the Peruvian party system around 1990 and its surprising partial recovery in 2001. It begins by describing the changes in the dependent variable, the emergence, collapse, and partial resurrection of the 1980s Peruvian party system. The next section examines the argument that the large size and rapid growth of the informal sector undermined the party system and led to its collapse. The author shows that the evidence does not support this argument. The article then examines changes in the electoral system. The author demonstrates that, contrary to theoretical expectations, the changes in the electoral system do not correlate with the observed changes in the party system. The final section shows that performance failure by political elites, including corruption in government, was more important than social cleavages or electoral institutions in the collapse and partial recovery of the party system.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline

Populist Mobilization: A New Theoretical Approach to Populism*

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Documento de trabajo, No. 132. Serie Sociología y Política, No. 38

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Los dilemas no resueltos de la descentralización

En este trabajo se procura demostrar que algunos de estos temas no se han tratado con el suficiente detenimiento. Aquí se consideran estos problemas desde el punto de vista de la sociología política, enfoque desde el cual se puede hacer alguna contribución, ya que el espacio de debate ha sido ocupado generalmente por economistas, planificadores, administradores, juristas y profesionales vinculados a tareas de promoción social. ― p. 6

Documento de trabajo, No. 118. Serie Sociología y Política, No. 30.

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Fujimori, neopopulismo y comunicación política

En el presente documento se analiza los diferentes procesos de construcción de la imagen política de Alberto Fujimori entre los años de 1992 y 1997, y la libertad total de éste en el uso del aparato del Estado para recobrar protagonismo