Underdevelopment in Peru - A Profile of Peripheral Capitalism

At a time when Peru continues to reel from the impact of COVID-19 and the eruption of corruption scandals involving five former presidents, this book analyses the persistence and the structural underpinnings of underdevelopment in Peru.

List of contents

1. Capital and peripheral economic development 2. The peripheral capitalist development of Peru 3. Peru in the world economy 4. The business structure of capitalist development 5. The social class structure 6. Labor 7. Social segmentation 8. The state 9. Covid-19: the state, the economy, and the people 10. Conclusions

About the author

Jan Lust has a PhD in Development Studies. He is Researcher and Professor at the Postgraduate School of the University Ricardo Palma in Peru and forms part of the Board of Directors of this University's Research Centre. He is the author of Lucha revolucionaria. Perú, 1958-1967, a book on the history of revolutionary struggle in Peru in the 1960s, and of Capitalism, Class and Revolution in Peru, 1980-2016, a book that analyzes the political, economic, and social reasons why the Peruvian socialist left has not been able to carry out its revolutionary project of social transformation. His academic interests encompass international political economy, Peruvian political, economic, and social development, labor issues, class, social movements, and guerrilla struggle.

Summary

At a time when Peru continues to reel from the impact of COVID-19 and the eruption of corruption scandals involving five former presidents, this book analyses the persistence and the structural underpinnings of underdevelopment in Peru.

Product details

• Authors: Jan Lust
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032266893
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3226689-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Critical Development Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Hispanic & Latino Studies