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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781218703321

Autore

McNulty Stephanie L

Titolo

Voice and vote [[electronic resource] ] : decentralization and participation in post-Fujimori Peru / / Stephanie L. McNulty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8047-7768-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

323/.0420985

Soggetti

Decentralization in government - Peru

Political participation - Peru

Democracy - Peru

Peru Politics and government 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Peru's fragile democracy -- Peru's 2002 participatory decentralization reform -- Explaining the decision to empower new actors -- The role of political interests in constraining PDR outcomes -- Six experiences with the participatory institutions -- Factors that facilitate successful participatory institutions -- Concluding notes and looking ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

In the months following disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori's flight to Japan, Peru had a political crisis on its hands. The newly elected government that came together in mid-2001 faced a skeptical and suspicious public, with no magic bullet for achieving legitimacy. Many argued that the future of democracy was at stake, and that the government's ability to decentralize and incorporate new actors in decision-making processes was critical. Toward that end, the country's political elite devolved power to subnational governments and designed new institutions to encourage broader citizen