Peru in Theory

264 Pages·2014·1.404 MB·English

by  Paulo Drinot (eds.)

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Peru in Theory
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Peru in Theory
Edited by
Paulo Drinot
PERU IN THEORY
Copyright © Paulo Drinot, 2014.
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Peru in theory / edited by Paulo Drinot.
pages cm.—(Studies of the Americas)
ISBN 978–1–137–45525–3 (hardback)
1. Social sciences—Peru—Philosophy. 2. Peru—Social
conditions—1968– 3. Peru—Politics and government—1980–
4. Marginality, Social—Peru. 5. Institution building—Peru.
I. Drinot, Paulo, author, editor of compilation.
H53.P4P47 2014
985.06(cid:25)4—dc23 2014016762
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Chapter 1
Introduction: Peru in Theory 1
Paulo Drinot
Chapter 2
The Fujimori Regime through Tocqueville’s Lens: Centralism,
Regime Change, and Peripheral Elites in Contemporary Peru 19
Alberto Vergara
Chapter 3
Crossing Boundaries to Understand Change: Varieties of
Developmental State Structures in Chile and Peru 49
José Carlos Orihuela
Chapter 4
Theorizing Encounters between Mining Companies and
Local Populations: Using the Weapons of James C. Scott 75
Cecilia Perla
Chapter 5
Huntington in Peru (Or Beware of Reforms) 101
Omar Awapara Franco and Eduardo Dargent Bocanegra
Chapter 6
Laclau’s Theory of Hegemony: Between Sociocultural
Politics and a Political Economy of Citizenship 125
María Balarin
Chapter 7
The Street Sweeper and the Mayor: Transgression and
Politics in Lima 143
Daniella María Gandolfo
viii CONTENTS
Chapter 8
Foucault in the Land of the Incas: Sovereignty and
Governmentality in Neoliberal Peru 167
Paulo Drinot
Chapter 9
Mann in the Andes: State Infrastructural Power and
Nationalism in Peru 191
Matthias vom Hau and Valeria Biffi
Chapter 10
Inequality, Normative Violence, and Livable Life:
Judith Butler and Peruvian Reality 217
Jelke Boesten
Chapter 11
Afterword: Peru and Theory 245
Paul Gootenberg
List of Contributors 251
Index 255
Illustrations
Figures
2.1 Public and private universities founded
by historical period 34
4.1 Two readings of the data: how usual are mining
conflicts in Peru? 88
Tables
2.1 1945 presidential results by departments 26
2.2 1956 general election results by departments 27
2.3 1963 general election results 28
2.4 1963 general election results by departments 28
2.5 Elected party in municipalities of Cuzco in 1964
municipal elections 29
2.6 Elected party in municipalities of La Libertad in 1964
municipal elections 30
2.7 E lected party in the cities of Arequipa department
in 1964 municipal elections 30
2.8 Literate and illiterate voters at the departmental level
in 1980 (percentage of total departmental electors) 36
3.1 Expanding developmental state structures, 1957–1968 60