Voice and vote decentralization and participation in post-Fujimori Peru - McNulty, Stephanie L. (Stanford University Press, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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 part