Political Crisis in Contemporary Peru | Center for Southeast Asian Studies Kyoto University

Series Asia Pacific Studies (in Japanese)

Political Crisis in Contemporary PeruShaky Democracy and Structural Problems (in Japanese)

Series Asia Pacific Studies 7
Yusuke Murakami (ed.)
Kokusai Shoin, February 2024
229 pages, ISBN: 978-4-87791-326-7

Contents

Introduction Today’s Phase of Contemporary Peruvian Politics (Yusuke Murakami)
 Introduction: The Elections of Bicentennial Independence Year, Castillo Government Going Adrift, and its Self-Destruction
 1 Areas of Interest and Focus of Analysis
 2 Previous Studies and Perspectives of This Book
 3 Structure of the Book
 4 The Castillo Government and after its Fall

Chapter 1 Political and Social Structure of Contemporary Peru: Change and Continuity (Yusuke Murakami
 Introduction
 1 The First Critical Juncture in Latin America and Peru
 2 The Second Critical Juncture and Peru
 Conclusions

Chapter 2 Peruvian Politics in the 21st Century: Deepning Fragmentation of Fragile Political Parties, Emergence of Another Outsider, and Dsetabilization (Yusuke Murakami)
 Introduction: Castillo, an Outsider
 1 Results of the 2021 Elections
 2 Causes of the Fragmentation of Political Parties
 3 Alternative Analysis of Political Parties and its Criticism
 4 What Has Been and Has Not Been Changed?
 Conclusions

Chapter 3 Social Conflicts under Neoliberal Regime and Decentralization (Isamu Okada)
 Introduction
 1 Social Conflicts under Neoliberal Regime and Decentralization
 2 Trends in Social Conflicts
 3 (Im) Possiblities of Institutional Measures in Reducing Social Conflicts
 Conclusions

Chapter 4 Incomplete Attempts toward Decentralization (Saori Isoda)
 Introduction
 1 Why Does Decentralization Matter?
 2 Relation between Central and Local Governments
 3 Decentralization Process before 2000
 4 Decentralization Process after 2000
 Conclusion

Chapter 5 The “Provincial Subversion” and Its Aftermath in the Early 1930s: Attempts to Restructure the Center-Periphery Relationship through Institutional Reforms and their Limitations (Tomofumi Nakazawa)
 Introduction
 1 Politics and Society in the Early 1930s
 2 1931 Electoral Reforms and the General Election
 3 Constituent Process
 Conclusions

Chapter 6 Structural Problems behind the Recent Political Crisis (Isamu Okada)
 Introduction
 1 Castillo Ousted: December 2022
 2 Structural Divides Manifested in Protest and Repression
 3 Why Solving the Crisis is Uneasy
 Conclusion