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Local Politics and the Peruvian Left: The Case of El Agustino
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2022
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Local politics in Latin America have been attracting a great deal of scholarly interest as of late (Fox 1994; Nickson 1995; Reilly 1995). This interest can be attributed in part to the simple fact that over the past two decades, the institutional weight of Latin American local governments has continued to grow, spurred as much by the popularity of decentralization policies as by the seminal crisis of the central states in the region. Faced with shrinking resources and painful structural adjustment programs, local governments were often left with no other choice but to divest themselves of responsibilities they could no longer meet.
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I would like to express my special gratitude to all interviewees for their time and patience in answering my questions and for their willingness to explain their various activities to an outsider. I would also like to thank the Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Participación (CEDEP), my institutional base in Lima, for a warm welcome and essential logistical support. Funding from McGill University and the Department of External Affairs of the Government of Canada is likewise gratefully acknowledged.