Peru

The Danger of Powerless Democracy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6288482
AutoresRodrigo Barrenechea (0000-0002-1054-7670), Alberto Vergara (0000-0002-6156-6791)
Año2023
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas77-89
Fecha de publicación2023-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
EditorialProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2023.0015
OpenAlexW4366000609
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19

Peru‘s democracy is dying. The country made international headlines after a cycle of political instability that left behind seven presidents in seven years, a failed coup, and 60 people dead after violent protests and brutal repression by the government. However, unlike the usual stories about democracy falling prey to the military or a popular strongman dismantling it from within, Peru‘s democracy is dying not from power concentration but from power dilution. Electoral fragmentation, political amateurism, and weak linkages with society have left politics populated by politicians willing to break democratic norms to make short-term gains. We call that process “democratic hollowing

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