Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaPeruvian Party Politics: Still some Signs of Life?
More than most Latin American countries in recent times, Peru has seen party voting strength, organisation and loyalties eroded. Since the Fujimori period, however – when parties found themselves under systematic attack – the return to more normal electoral activity has opened up a space for parties...
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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Universidad del Pacífico
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.up.edu.pe/index.php/apuntes/article/view/556 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/52887 |
| Sumario: | More than most Latin American countries in recent times, Peru has seen party voting strength, organisation and loyalties eroded. Since the Fujimori period, however – when parties found themselves under systematic attack – the return to more normal electoral activity has opened up a space for parties to reemerge. The 2003 Law on Political Parties was designed to strengthen a pluralistic party system. However, the results proved disappointing. Three rounds of elections in 2006 did little to restore voter confidence in Peru's major parties; these remain 'top-down' affairs with only shallow roots in society. However, the November 2006 local elections suggested that new forces may be emerging at the meso- level of politics in tandem with social movements. Study of Peruvian politics requires its own decentralisation. |
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