Fujimori's Peru: The Political Economy

by John Crabtree (Editor), Jim Thomas (Editor)

Overview

This book provides an evaluation of Peruvian politics and economics in the 1990s, on the evidence available up until the end of 1997. The purpose is twofold: to detect continuities and discontinuities between the Fujimori period and earlier ones, and to offer an answer—however tentative—to the question of whether the Fujimori government has laid the basis for greater future stability. The answers to these questions are mixed. There appear to be more continuities than many suppose, even though 1990 in many ways was a 'turning point.' And while the Fujimori government helped provide a more stable context than the one it inherited, it is by no means clear that the changes it has brought about will prove sustainable over the longer run. The political model looks particularly brittle. The contributors are Luis Abugattás, Elena Alvarez, Javier de Belaúnde, John Crabtree, Carlos Iván Degregori, Francisco Durand, Adolfo Figueroa, Raúl Hopkins, Javier Iguíñiz, Drago Kisic, Enrique Obando, Martin Tanaka, Jim Thomas, and Rosemary Thorp. John Crabtree is a researcher at Oxford Analytica and a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781900039253
Publisher:	University of London Press
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Series:	Institute of Latin American Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Crabtree is a research associate at Oxfod University's Latin American Centre, and has written widely on the politics of the Andean countries. He is the author of Peru under Garcia: An Opportunity Lost. Jim Thomas is a senior lecturer in economics at the London School of Economics and an associate fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	i
	List of Contributors	iii
	Preface	1
Part 1.	Overview
Chapter 1.	Neo-populism and the Fujimori Phenomenon	7
Chapter 2.	The Economic Strategy of the Fujimori Government	24
Part II.	Economic Performance
Chapter 3.	Privatisation, Investment and Sustainability	43
Chapter 4.	Stabilisation, Structural Reform and Industrial Performance	61
Chapter 5.	The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Agricultural Performance	88
Chapter 6.	Economic Effects of the Illicit Drug Sector in Peru	106
Part III.	Distribution
Chapter 7.	Income Distribution and Poverty in Peru	127
Chapter 8.	The Labour Market and Employment	150
Part IV.	Institutions
Chapter 9.	Justice, Legality and Judicial Reform	173
Chapter 10.	Fujimori and the Military	192
Chapter 11.	Tax Reform: The SUNAT Experience	209
Part V.	Society
Chapter 12.	From Movimientismo to Media Politics: The Changing Boundaries between Society and Politics in Fujimori's Peru	229
Chapter 13	Government, Citizenship and Democracy: A Regional Perspective	243
	Conclusions
	Neoliberalism, Democracy and Exclusion	265
	Bibliography	273
	Index	289