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Peru - The Evolution of a Crisis (Hardcover)
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Peru - The Evolution of a Crisis (Hardcover)
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This volume gives specialists and students alike a comprehensive
political history of Peru that includes the first full-length
treatment of the 1980s, a decade in which early optimism sparked by
the return of democratic rule gave way to widespread pessimism
amidst a full-blown social, economic, and political crisis.
Discussed are Peru's return to democracy in the 1980s and the
multiple challenges that process has faced. The study traces the
growth of the Sendero Luminoso insurgency; the economic collapse
that brought Peru hyperinflation coupled with its deepest
depression of the twentieth century; and the evolution of the
electoral political system that brought Alberto Fujimori, a
political novice, to the presidency in 1990. Many of the key causes
of Peru's contemporary crisis--foreign debt, fiscal
irresponsibility, desgobierno (erratic, inappropriate, or
incompetent behavior on the part of the government), and the
centralization of governmental authority--have been recurrent
themes in Peruvian history since at least the early republican
period. The profound social divisions within Peru's population,
which constitute the principal cause of la crisis, have persisted
even longer. A number of these divisions have broken down, however;
in this development, the author sees cause for optimism in the
midst of crisis. Latin American specialists, Peru watchers,
advanced students in comparative politics, journalists, and anyone
interested in the far-reaching changes occurring in Latin America
will find this book useful and compelling.
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