2 An Authoritarian Presidency: How and Why Did Presidential Power Run Amok in Fujimori’s Peru

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Rise and Decline of Fujimori’s Neopopulist Leadership 13
7. 2 An Authoritarian Presidency: How and Why Did Presidential Power Run Amok in Fujimori’s Peru 39
8. 3 Fujimori and the Mayors of Lima, 1990–2001: The Impact and Legacy of Neopopulist Rule 61
9. 4 Do Parties Matter? Lessons from the Fujimori Experience 81
10. 5 The Immoral Economy of Fujimorismo 102
11. 6 Public Opinion, Market Reforms, and Democracy in Fujimori’s Peru 126
12. 7 All the President’s Women: Fujimori and Gender Equity in Peruvian Politics 150
13. 8 Redirection of Peruvian Economic Strategy in the 1990s: Gains, Losses, and Clues for the Future 178
14. 9 Against the Odds: The Paradoxes of Peru’s Economic Recovery in the 1990s 201
15. 10 The Often Surprising Outcomes of Asymmetry in International Affairs: United States–Peru Relations in the 1990s 227
16. 11 Electoral Authoritarian Versus Partially Democratic Regimes: The Case of the Fujimori Government and the 2000 Elections 242
17. 12 Endogenous Regime Breakdown: The Vladivideo and the Fall of Peru’s Fujimori 268
18. Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of Electoral Authoritarianism in Peru 294
19. Bibliography 319
20. Appendix. Peru, 1990–2000: A Basic Chronology 341
21. List of Contributors 345
22. Index 349