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The Peruvian labyrinth : polity, society, economy

Author: Maxwell A Cameron; Philip Mauceri
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Highly useful anthology dealing with the complex social, political and economic issues dominating Peru during the past three decades. Individual authors discuss the evolution of peasant communities in the sierra, the difficulties of transition from extended military to civilian rule after 1980, the dynamics of Fujimori's political leadership, the status of trade unions, the decline of Sendero Luminoso, and the troub Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Maxwell A Cameron; Philip Mauceri
ISBN: 0271016604 9780271016603 0271016612 9780271016610
OCLC Number: 35280887
Description: xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Part one. The legacy of past choices: regimes, coalitions, policies. The transition to "democracy" and the failures of institution building / Philip Mauceri ; Political and economic origins of regime change in Peru: the Eighteenth Brumaire of Alberto Fujimori / Maxwell A. Cameron ; State policy and social conflict in Peru / Carol Wise -- Part two. Social actors and political change: peasants, workers, business. The rural landscape and changing political awareness: enterprises, agrarian producers, and peasant communities, 1969-1994 / Christine Hunefeldt ; Politics and trade unions in Peru / Cameron Rosa Balbi ; The growth and limitations of the Peruvian right / Francisco Durand -- Part three. Violence and human rights. After the fall of Abimael Guzmán: the limits of Sendero Luminoso / Carlos Ivan Degregori ; Human rights and United States policy toward Peru / Kenneth Roberts and Mark Peceny.
Responsibility: edited by Maxwell A. Cameron and Philip Mauceri ; with a foreword by Cynthia McClintock and Abraham Lowenthal.

Abstract:

"Highly useful anthology dealing with the complex social, political and economic issues dominating Peru during the past three decades. Individual authors discuss the evolution of peasant communities in the sierra, the difficulties of transition from extended military to civilian rule after 1980, the dynamics of Fujimori's political leadership, the status of trade unions, the decline of Sendero Luminoso, and the troubling issue of human rights in contemporary Peru. Bibliography provides valuable guide to key issues of contemporary Peru"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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