While leftist governments have been elected across Latin America, this Pink Tide, as it has been called, has so far failed to reach Peru.
Instead, Peru represents a particularly stark example of state capture, in which an extreme concentration of wealth in the hands of a few corporations and pro-market technocrats has resulted in a monopoly on political power.
In the wake of the 2016 general election, John Crabtree and Francisco Durand provide a close look at the ways in which Peruvian elites ha.
Zed Books Peru: elite power and political capture, paperback/john crabtree
