Peru: A Country Study4th edition. Edited by Rex A. Hudson. Prepared by the Library of Congress, Federal Research Division. Research completed September 1992. Describes and analyzes the history, politics, sociology, economics, and national security systems of Peru. Includes maps, black and white photographs, bibliographies, a glossary, and an index. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 65
Page xli
... institutions listed - the Roman Catholic Church , the media , and the armed forces - generated more trust than ... institutional democracy . He also underscored the main deficiency of the defunct democracy - the fact that representatives ...
... institutions listed - the Roman Catholic Church , the media , and the armed forces - generated more trust than ... institutional democracy . He also underscored the main deficiency of the defunct democracy - the fact that representatives ...
Page 108
A Country Study Library of Congress. Federal Research Division Rex A. Hudson. institutions , such as the Ministry of Agriculture . Consequently , the ubiquitous and well - established institutions of military society pervade Peruvian ...
A Country Study Library of Congress. Federal Research Division Rex A. Hudson. institutions , such as the Ministry of Agriculture . Consequently , the ubiquitous and well - established institutions of military society pervade Peruvian ...
Page 116
... institutions like the use of festive and exchange - labor sys- tems ( minka and ayni , respectively ) that have been such an integral part of the traditional peasant farm tradition . The minka involves a family working side by side with ...
... institutions like the use of festive and exchange - labor sys- tems ( minka and ayni , respectively ) that have been such an integral part of the traditional peasant farm tradition . The minka involves a family working side by side with ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | xiii |
Introduction | xxix |
Historical Setting | 1 |
Copyright | |
39 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
activities Agrarian agricultural Alan García Pérez American Andean APRA areas Arequipa armed forces army Ayacucho Bank base Belaúnde government Bolivia Cajamarca Callao Cambio 90 capital Central Chile Chimbote civilian coastal coca colonial Congress country's crisis Cusco deficit democratic domestic drug economic Ecuador elections elite exports foreign Fredemo Fujimori government García government Glossary groups growth guerrilla highlands Huallaga Valley important Inca increased industrial inflation institutions insurgency Inter-American Development Bank International investment kilometers labor land Latin America Lima Lima's major ment mestizo migrants military million minister native officers organized party Peasant percent period Perú Peru's Peruvian police political Popular population poverty president prison problems production provinces Quechua reform region result role rural sector self-coup Selva Shining Path Sierra SL's social society Spanish tion traditional United University urban Velasco workers