Governing Peru in the Time of Party Collapse: Part I
Governing Peru in the Time of Party Collapse: Part I
In World Politics Review, AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini and Wilda Escarfuller write that, as with past Peruvian presidents, “the post-Fujimori political dystopia” has befallen Ollanta Humala.
This is the first in a two-part series on Peruvian politics. Part I examines the evolution of Peruvian politics since the Fujimori era and the challenging conditions for governance. Part II will examine President Ollanta Humala’s government and discusses policy solutions to Peru’s political volatility and social upheaval.
Read "Governing Peru in the Time of Party Collapse: Part II"
Another Peruvian president faces evaporating public support, a fractious opposition and civil unrest in the interior. This time it’s President Ollanta Humala, a former military officer who in his second run for office in 2011 presented himself as a moderate, pro-business social democrat—a contrast to his first run in 2006, in which he was all populist fire and brimstone....
