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Peru: Elite Power and Political Capture
John Crabtree
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Description for Peru: Elite Power and Political Capture
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
While leftist governments have been elected across Latin America, this `Pink Tide' has so far failed to reach Peru. Instead, the corporate elite remains firmly entrenched, and the left continues to be marginalised. Peru therefore represents a particularly stark example of `state capture', in which an extreme concentration of wealth in the hands of a few corporations and pro-market technocrats has resulted in a monopoly on political power. Post the 2016 elections, John Crabtree and Francisco Durand look at the ways in which these elites have been able to consolidate their position at the expense of ... Read more
While leftist governments have been elected across Latin America, this `Pink Tide' has so far failed to reach Peru. Instead, the corporate elite remains firmly entrenched, and the left continues to be marginalised. Peru therefore represents a particularly stark example of `state capture', in which an extreme concentration of wealth in the hands of a few corporations and pro-market technocrats has resulted in a monopoly on political power. Post the 2016 elections, John Crabtree and Francisco Durand look at the ways in which these elites have been able to consolidate their position at the expense of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783609031
SKU
V9781783609031
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About John Crabtree
John Crabtree is a Research Associate at the Latin American Studies Centre, University of Oxford, a Senior Member of Saint Antony's College, Oxford, and (currently) a Visiting Researcher at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford. His most recent published books are Bolivia: Processes of Change co-authored with Ann Chaplin (Zed 2013), and Fractured Politics: Peruvian Democracy Past and Present (2011). ... Read more
Reviews for Peru: Elite Power and Political Capture
`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) ... Read more