#196 Politics, Policymaking, and Democratization: Focus on the Andes
By Catherine Conaghan, James Malloy, Juan Antonio Morales, Guido Pennano, Joan Nelson
From the Preface
Within the Andean region, Bolivia and Peru would seem to be headed in dramatically different directions. Bolivia is often considered a success story, having achieved democratic government, a measure of political stability, and economic transformation. Peru, on the other hand, is steeped in crises, facing two guerilla movements, an escalating war against coca producers, and severe human rights and public health problems. And yet, when the two countries are compared in terms of the social cost of economic adjustment programs, the similarities between them become more obvious. Can we learn from comparing the two cases?
The Latin American Program attempted to address this issue when it held its conference, "Politics, Economic Policymaking, and Democratization: Focus on the Andes," on September 14, 1990. The conference was part of the Latin American Public Policy Symposium Series presented by the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center in collaboration with the Center for Latin American Studies of the University of Pittsburgh and the Howard Heinz Endowment.
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