Fujimori's Peru: Deception in the Public Sphere

Alberto Fujimori ascended to the presidency of Peru in 1990, boldly promising to remake the country. Ten...
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Author: Catherine M. Conaghan
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Fujimori's Peru: Deception in the Public Sphere by Conaghan, Catherine M.

Fujimori's Peru: Deception in the Public Sphere

€121,88

Fujimori's Peru: Deception in the Public Sphere

€121,88
Author: Catherine M. Conaghan
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Alberto Fujimori ascended to the presidency of Peru in 1990, boldly promising to remake the country. Ten years later, he hastily sent his resignation from exile in Japan, leaving behind a trail of lies, deceit, and corruption. While piecing together the shards of Fujimori's presidency, prosecutors uncovered a vast criminal conspiracy fueled by political ambition and personal greed.

The Fujimori regime managed to maintain a facade of democracy while systematically eviscerating democratic institutions and the rule of law through legal subterfuge, intimidation, and outright bribery. The architect of this strategy was Fujimori's notorious intelligence advisor, Vladimiro Montesinos. With great skill, Fujimori and Montesinos created the appearance of a democratic public sphere but ensured it would work only to suit their personal motives. The press was allowed to operate, but information exchange was under strict control. The more government officials tampered with the free flow of ideas, the more they inadvertently exposed the ills they were trying to cover up. And that proved to be their downfall.

Merging penetrating analysis and a journalist's flair for narrative, Catherine Conaghan reveals the thin line between democracy and dictatorship, and shows how public institutions can both empower dictators and bring them down.



Author: Catherine M. Conaghan
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 07/30/2006
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9780822959434

About the Author
Catherine M. Conaghan, professor of political studies at Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, was an election observer in Peru for the 1995 and 2000 elections and was the editor of the Web site Peru Election 2000.

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