This book brings together the research into regional development
and social change carried out in highland Peru by a team of British
and Latin American social anthropologists and sociologists. The
area studied-the Mantaro Valley of central Peru-is one of the most
densely populated and economically differentiated of highland
zones; it is also notable for its community-based forms of
cooperation and its high level of peasant political activity. The
book presents a series of case studies that examine cooperative
forms of organization in relation to developments in the regional
economy and to changes in national policy. The analysis attempts to
avoid interpreting local processes merely as responses to
externally initiated change. It stresses instead the need to
consider the interplay of local and national forces, because local
groups and processes themselves affect the pattern of regional and
national development. The case studies cover a range of political
and economic topics, from peasant movements to the achievements and
shortcomings of government-sponsored agricultural and manufacturing
cooperatives. The concluding chapter, by the editors, explores the
theoretical implications of these studies.
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