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Zusammenfassung Crabtree and Durand explore how the Peruvian elite and foreign mining interests have been able to entrench their position and marginalise the left! even as leftist governments have risen to power elsewhere on the continent.
List of contents
Introduction
1. A Conceptual and Historical Introduction to Political Capture
2. Development of the Peruvian State since Independence
3. State Autonomy and Peruvian Elites
4. The Birth of the Neoliberal State
5. The Power of the New Elites
6. Problems of Distribution, Poverty and Decentralisation
7. The Deficiencies of a Disconnected State
8. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Report
'A timely, thorough and original volume. Their examination of why Peru has been a notable exception to Latin America's move to the center-left and their insistence on what they term "elite capture" as a necessary explanation make it required reading.'
Henry Dietz, University of Texas at Austin (Emeritus)
'Through cutting-edge research and rich insights, the authors explain how business elites have ensured that free-market economic policies stay on autopilot through successive governments. A must read for those seeking to understand the deep inequities that plague Peru today.'
Coletta Youngers, Senior Fellow, Washington Office on Latin America
'An insightful and empirically rich work that makes sense of the Peruvian puzzle of economic growth contrasted with popular disaffection. This is a valuable resource for anybody interested in understanding how economic elites subvert democratic institutions in the region.'
Peter Kingstone, King's College London
'The breadth and depth of this book are stunning. Crabtree and Durand are two of the world's leading authorities on Peru's political economy. In this book, they brilliantly analyze how, amid an atomized civil society, economic elites have controlled policy-making in Peru from independence through 2016.'
Cynthia McClintock, George Washington University
'In this learned, elegant and very readable study of Peru, Crabtree and Durand interrogate the scholarship on political capture as well as addressing the power of corporate interests, the machinations of the governing class and the relative weakness of civil society.'
Barrie Axford, Oxford Brookes University
'A comprehensive, historically-grounded, and theoretically sophisticated interpretation of Peru. At a time when Peru's political establishment is being rocked by the Odebrecht scandal, this book is essential reading.'
Maxwell Cameron, University of British Columbia
'An ambitious attempt to tackle a long-standing puzzle: what stopped Peru from joining the 'Left turn' in recent Latin American history?'
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