Peru in Theory

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction: Peru in Theory

   • Paulo Drinot

   Pages 1-18

3. The Fujimori Regime through Tocqueville’s Lens: Centralism, Regime Change, and Peripheral Elites in Contemporary Peru

   • Alberto Vergara

   Pages 19-47

4. Crossing Boundaries to Understand Change: Varieties of Developmental State Structures in Chile and Peru

   • José Carlos Orihuela

   Pages 49-73

5. Theorizing Encounters between Mining Companies and Local Populations: Using the Weapons of James C. Scott

   • Cecilia Perla

   Pages 75-100

6. Huntington in Peru (Or Beware of Reforms)

   • Omar Awapara Franco, Eduardo Dargent Bocanegra

   Pages 101-124

7. Laclau’s Theory of Hegemony: Between Sociocultural Politics and a Political Economy of Citizenship

   • María Balarin

   Pages 125-142

8. The Street Sweeper and the Mayor: Transgression and Politics in Lima

   • Daniella María Gandolfo

   Pages 143-166

9. Foucault in the Land of the Incas: Sovereignty and Governmentality in Neoliberal Peru

   • Paulo Drinot

   Pages 167-189

10. Mann in the Andes: State Infrastructural Power and Nationalism in Peru

    • Matthias vom Hau, Valeria Biffi

    Pages 191-216

11. Inequality, Normative Violence, and Livable Life: Judith Butler and Peruvian Reality

    • Jelke Boesten

    Pages 217-243

12. Afterword: Peru and Theory

    • Paul Gootenberg

    Pages 245-250

13. Back Matter

    Pages 251-259

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Can 'theory' teach us anything about Peru? Can 'Peru' teach us anything about theory? The chapters in this volume explore these questions by establishing a productive dialogue between Peru and theory. Focusing on institutional weakness and economic, social, gendered, racialized, and other forms of exclusion key issues in recent social scientific inquiry in Peru - the contributors to this volume assess the extent to which the analytical frameworks of a number of social and cultural theorists can inform, and, at the same time, be informed by, Peru as a case study.

• Peru
• Latin America
• Theory
• Institutions
• Exclusion
• History
• Politics
• Tocqueville
• Albert Hirschman
• James C. Scott
• Samuel P. Huntington
• Ernesto Laclau
• Georges Batailla
• Michel Foucault
• Michael Mann
• Judith Butler
• economy
• gender
• government
• Nation

“Drinot’s Peru in Theory is something of a tour d’ force in the field of Peruvian studies, bringing together a range of new scholars to plumb the theories of the great theorists in order to illuminate various aspects of what sociologist José Matos Mar referred to as Peru Problema. … Peru in Theory stands out as a shining example of what can be done with a similar approach for other country-specific cases.” (Peter F. Klaren, Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 48 (1), February, 2016)

"In this superb collection, ten authors bring to bear the work of theorists ranging from Michel Foucault to Judith Butler to rethink two frustratingly pervasive characteristics of Peru: inequality and institutional flimsiness. This is not only an indispensableexamination of Peru, but also a wide-ranging and creative dialogue about the power and limitations of theory." - Charles Walker, University of California, Davis, USA

"Thanks to Paulo Drinot for this book. I learned a great deal about Peru, about the relevant theorists, and, best yet, how to continue the process of better integrating theoretical universals with empirical particulars. It will teach Peru specialists and social theorists alike." - Miguel Angel Centeno, Princeton University, USA

Omar Awapara Franco, University of Texas at Austin, USA Maria Balarin, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Valeria Biffi, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Jelke Boesten, King's College London, UK Eduardo Dargent, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Paulo Drinot, Institute of the Americas, University College London, UK Daniella Gandolfo, Columbia University, USA Paul Gootenberg, Stony Brook University, the State University of New York, USA Cecilia Perla, Brown University, USA José Carlos Orihuela, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Alberto Vergara, University of Montreal, Canada Matthias vom Hau, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), Spain

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