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Author |
: Julio F. Carrión |
Publisher |
: Penn State Press |
Total Pages |
: 378 |
Release |
: 2006-01-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780271030326 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0271030321 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Fujimori Legacy by : Julio F. Carrión
President Alberto Fujimori’s sudden resignation in November 2000 brought an end to a highly controversial period in Peruvian history. His meteoric rise to power in 1990 fueled by widespread popular support, followed by his decision to dissolve Congress and rule by decree in 1992, has made his regime a focus of special attention by scholars trying to understand this complex and contradictory presidency. This book offers a comprehensive assessment of Fujimori’s regime in the context of Latin America’s struggle to consolidate democracy after years of authoritarian rule. Setting the regime conceptually in a discussion of alternative forms of government—delegative democracy, neopopulism, and electoral authoritarianism—the essays study it from two different perspectives: external (in its relations with political parties, Lima’s mayors, public opinion, women, the U.S. government) and internal (examining economic policies as determined by governing coalitions, networks of corruption, and Fujimori’s unsavory relationship with his security advisor Vladimiro Montesinos). Overall, The Fujimori Legacy helps illuminate the persistent obstacles that Latin American countries face in establishing democracy. In addition to the editor, contributors are Robert Barr, Maxwell Cameron, Catherine Conaghan, Henry Dietz, Philip Mauceri, Cynthia McClintock, David Scott Palmer, Kenneth Roberts, Gregory Schmidt, John Sheahan, Kurt Weyland, and Carol Wise.
Author |
: Shirley R Benz |
Publisher |
: Independently Published |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2024-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9798339364382 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fujimori by : Shirley R Benz
FUJIMORI: POWER, CONTROVERSY, AND THE SHADOWS OF LEADERSHIP pulls back the curtain on one of the most interesting and controversial characters in contemporary history of Alberto Fujimori. This fascinating history takes you through his rapid ascent to power, his term distinguished by daring economic reforms and a harsh crackdown on insurgency, and the shocking collapse that horrified a country. Fujimori's legacy is one of striking contrasts: a leader who gave optimism and order to a nation in crisis, but whose administration is tainted by claims of corruption, human rights abuses, and manipulation. This book reveals the unseen mysteries behind the scenes of his political life, presenting the dichotomy of a man lauded as a rescuer by some and reviled as a dictator by others. In The Rise, Fall, and Untold Secrets of Peru's Most Polarizing President, you'll examine the complexity of power, the war for influence, and the delicate line between heroism and tyranny. With rigorous research and compelling narrative, this biography is not simply a recital of events but a study of the shadows of leadership that characterise Fujimori's legacy. Are you ready to enter into the volatile realm of power, scandal, and the compelling narrative of Peru's most enigmatic leader? Get your copy today and find the realities that continue to divide a country!
Author |
: Julio Carrión |
Publisher |
: Penn State Press |
Total Pages |
: 380 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0271027479 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780271027470 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Fujimori Legacy by : Julio Carrión
Offers a comprehensive assessment of President Alberto Fujimori's regime in the context of Latin America's struggle to consolidate democracy after years of authoritarian rule. This book also helps illuminate the persistent obstacles that Latin American countries face in establishing democracy.
Author |
: Orin Starn |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 482 |
Release |
: 2019-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393292817 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393292819 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes by : Orin Starn
A narrative history of the unlikely Maoist rebellion that terrorized Peru even after the fall of global Communism. On May 17, 1980, on the eve of Peru’s presidential election, five masked men stormed a small town in the Andean heartland. They set election ballots ablaze and vanished into the night, but not before planting a red hammer-and-sickle banner in the town square. The lone man arrested the next morning later swore allegiance to a group called Shining Path. The tale of how this ferocious group of guerrilla insurgents launched a decade-long reign of terror, and how brave police investigators and journalists brought it to justice, may be the most compelling chapter in modern Latin American history, but the full story has never been told. Described by a U.S. State Department cable as “cold-blooded and bestial,” Shining Path orchestrated bombings, assassinations, and massacres across the cities, countryside, and jungles of Peru in a murderous campaign to seize power and impose a Communist government. At its helm was the professor-turned-revolutionary Abimael Guzmán, who launched his single-minded insurrection alongside two women: his charismatic young wife, Augusta La Torre, and the formidable Elena Iparraguirre, who married Guzmán soon after Augusta’s mysterious death. Their fanatical devotion to an outmoded and dogmatic ideology, and the military’s bloody response, led to the death of nearly 70,000 Peruvians. Orin Starn and Miguel La Serna’s narrative history of Shining Path is both panoramic and intimate, set against the socioeconomic upheavals of Peru’s rocky transition from military dictatorship to elected democracy. They take readers deep into the heart of the rebellion, and the lives and country it nearly destroyed. We hear the voices of the mountain villagers who organized a fierce rural resistance, and meet the irrepressible black activist María Elena Moyano and the Nobel Prize–winning novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, who each fought to end the bloodshed. Deftly written, The Shining Path is an exquisitely detailed account of a little-remembered war that must never be forgotten.
Author |
: John Crabtree |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2017-05-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781783609079 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1783609079 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Peru by : John Crabtree
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 genuine democracy, with a particular focus on the role of mining and other extractive industries, where extensive privatization and deregulation has contributed to extreme disparities in wealth and power. In the process, Crabtree and Durand provide a unique case study of state development, by revealing the mechanisms used by elites to dominate political discussion and marginalize their opponents, as well as the role played by external actors such as international financial institutions and foreign investors. The significance of Crabtree's findings therefore extends far beyond Peru, and illuminates the wider issue of why mineral-rich countries so often struggle to attain meaningful democracy.
Author |
: Lawrence A. Clayton |
Publisher |
: Lawrence Clayton |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0820320242 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780820320243 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Peru and the United States by : Lawrence A. Clayton
Tracking their relations since the early nineteenth century, Clayton tells of major players like railroad entrepreneur Henry Meiggs and industrialist William Grace; of the role of American firms like Cerro de Pasco and International Petroleum; and of the height of U.S. influence in the 1920s under the leadership of Peruvian president Augusto B. Leguia.
Author |
: Maxwell A. Cameron |
Publisher |
: Penn State Press |
Total Pages |
: 293 |
Release |
: 2006-12-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780271030517 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0271030518 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Peruvian Labyrinth by : Maxwell A. Cameron
A country perceived as having unusually complex political, economic, and social problems, Peru has long fascinated social scientists. The Peruvian Labyrinth brings together a new generation of scholars to explore the multifaceted Peruvian &"experiment&" as it has evolved further, in often dramatic ways, in the 1980s and 1990s. The volume focuses special attention on the administration of Albert Fujimori, who suspended the constitution in 1992, two years after he first became president, but then was reelected in 1995. The experience of Peru under his regime raises important questions about the nature of democracy in Latin America, the challenges of economic and political reform, and the prospects for combining stable democratic governance and sustained development. Topics covered in the volume include the legacies of democratic transitions, human rights and political violence, the decline of the Shining Path, the Fujimori &"autogolpe,&" the changing roles of business and organized labor, the political impact of the informal sector, changes in the agrarian sector, and the shift in economic strategies from developmentalism and toward neoliberalism.
Author |
: Rei Kimura |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015048829009 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis President Fujimori of Peru by : Rei Kimura
Author |
: Charles Tilly |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 267 |
Release |
: 2010-02-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226803531 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226803538 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Regimes and Repertoires by : Charles Tilly
The means by which people protest—that is, their repertoires of contention—vary radically from one political regime to the next. Highly capable undemocratic regimes such as China's show no visible signs of popular social movements, yet produce many citizen protests against arbitrary, predatory government. Less effective and undemocratic governments like the Sudan’s, meanwhile, often experience regional insurgencies and even civil wars. In Regimes and Repertoires, Charles Tilly offers a fascinating and wide-ranging case-by-case study of various types of government and the equally various styles of protests they foster. Using examples drawn from many areas—G8 summit and anti-globalization protests, Hindu activism in 1980s India, nineteenth-century English Chartists organizing on behalf of workers' rights, the revolutions of 1848, and civil wars in Angola, Chechnya, and Kosovo—Tilly masterfully shows that such episodes of contentious politics unfold like loosely scripted theater. Along the way, Tilly also brings forth powerful tools to sort out the reasons why certain political regimes vary and change, how the people living under them make claims on their government, and what connections can be drawn between regime change and the character of contentious politics.
Author |
: Kimberly Theidon |
Publisher |
: University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages |
: 482 |
Release |
: 2012-10-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780812206616 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0812206614 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Intimate Enemies by : Kimberly Theidon
In the aftermath of a civil war, former enemies are left living side by side—and often the enemy is a son-in-law, a godfather, an old schoolmate, or the community that lies just across the valley. Though the internal conflict in Peru at the end of the twentieth century was incited and organized by insurgent Senderistas, the violence and destruction were carried out not only by Peruvian armed forces but also by civilians. In the wake of war, any given Peruvian community may consist of ex-Senderistas, current sympathizers, widows, orphans, army veterans—a volatile social landscape. These survivors, though fully aware of the potential danger posed by their neighbors, must nonetheless endeavor to live and labor alongside their intimate enemies. Drawing on years of research with communities in the highlands of Ayacucho, Kimberly Theidon explores how Peruvians are rebuilding both individual lives and collective existence following twenty years of armed conflict. Intimate Enemies recounts the stories and dialogues of Peruvian peasants and Theidon's own experiences to encompass the broad and varied range of conciliatory practices: customary law before and after the war, the practice of arrepentimiento (publicly confessing one's actions and requesting pardon from one's peers), a differentiation between forgiveness and reconciliation, and the importance of storytelling to make sense of the past and recreate moral order. The micropolitics of reconciliation in these communities present an example of postwar coexistence that deeply complicates the way we understand transitional justice, moral sensibilities, and social life in the aftermath of war. Any effort to understand postconflict reconstruction must be attuned to devastation as well as to human tenacity for life.