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Description

1. xviii, 316 pages : map; 22 cm

Summary

1. Study of the political system of Peru, with particular reference to the role of interest groups in political problems connected with political leadership and the relation thereof to the overall social structure - examines the influence of internal factors (incl. The Catholic Church, the armed forces and political parties) and external factors (incl. The role of USA and American foreign investment, etc.), and covers ownership, etc. Bibliography pp. 276 to 310.

Subject

1. Pressure groups > Peru
2. Social classes > Peru
3. Politics and government
4. Pressure groups
5. Social classes
6. Pressure-group
7. Pressiegroepen
8. Politieke elites
9. political system
10. interest group
11. political problem
12. political leadership
13. social structure
14. Church
15. armed forces
16. political party
17. role of USA
18. foreign investment
19. ownership
20. Politics and government > Peru
21. Power structure > Peru
22. Social stratification > Peru
23. régime politique
24. groupe d'intérêt
25. problème politique
26. direction politique
27. structure sociale
28. Eglise
29. forces armées
30. parti politique
31. rôle des Etats-Unis
32. investissement étranger
33. propriété
34. régimen político
35. grupo de intereses
36. problema político
37. dirección política
38. estructura social
39. iglesia
40. fuerzas armadas
41. partido político
42. papel de los EUA
43. inversiones extranjeras
44. propiedad
45. Peru > Politics and government
46. Peru
47. Peru
48. Pérou
49. Perú

Genre/Form

1. bibliography.
2. bibliographie.
3. bibliografía.

Contents

1. pt. 1. Introduction to Peru -- The Costa -- The Sierra -- The Selva -- Land Scarcity -- Population -- pt. 2. Conceptual Framework -- Social Structure and Political Power -- Interest Groups and Social Classes -- Social Class as a Tool of Analysis -- pt. 3. Historical Development of Peruvian Society -- pt. 4. The Upper and Middle Classes in contemporary Peru -- The Creole Upper Class -- The Industrial Upper Class -- The Middle Classes -- pt. 5. The Lower Class -- Politics within the Indian Communities -- pt. 6. Political Parties -- The Appearance of a Mass Party: The APRA or PAP -- Accion Popular -- The Union Nacional Odriista -- The Christian Democrats -- The Extreme Left --The Peruvian Military -- Nineteenth-Century Militarism in Peru -- Suspension of the Community of Interests -- The Center of High Military Studies -- The 1962 Military Revolt and Its Aftermath -- The New Military in Power -- The Military under the Belaunde Terry Administration -- pt. 8. The Church -- The Church during the First Century of Independence -- The Peruvian Catholic Church in the Twentieth Century -- pt. 9. Interest Groups and the Problems of Interest Articulation -- Upper-Class Interest Groups -- Middle-Class interest Groups -- Lower-Class Interest Groups -- Unionized Urban and Coastal Plantation Workers -- The Marginal Urban Dwellers -- The Peasants -- pt. 10. External Factors Influencing Peruvian Politics -- Military Penetration: The Case of the Cuban Documents -- Economic Penetration: The International Petroleum Company -- The Penetrators and the Ruling Class -- pt. 11. The Possibility and Source of Political Change: Revolution from Above of Below? -- The Possibility of Revolution from Above -- The Possibility of Revolution from Below -- pt. 12. Postscript: The Coup d'Etat of October 3, 1968 -- Immediate Background of the Coup d'Etat -- The Schism of Accion Popular -- The Agreement with the International Petroleum Company -- Progressive Indebtedness of Peru -- The Unfolding of the Coup d'Etat -- Policies and Performance of the MIlitary Government.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. [276]-310.