20th century peruvian history
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civilian rule
class consciousness
class difference
clientelism
contemporary peru
deference
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ethnography
hegemony
ideology
independent
latin american history
lower class politics
mass public
nation state
oligarchy
oppressed classes
oppression
participant observation
peru
peruvian history
political culture
politics
poor people
popular culture
poverty
radical political thought
radical politics
shantytown
social activists
social movements
state
urban poor
Product details
- ISBN 9780520200234
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 1995
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this vivid ethnography set in contemporary Peru, Susan Stokes provides a compelling analysis of the making and unmaking of class consciousness among the urban poor. Her research strategy is multifaceted; through interviews, participant observation, and survey research she digs deeply into the popular culture of the social activists and shantytown residents she studies. The result is a penetrating look at how social movements evolve, how poor people construct independent political cultures, and how the ideological domination of oppressed classes can shatter. This work is a new and vital chapter in the growing literature on the formation of social movements. It chronicles the transformation of Peru's poor from a culture of deference and clientelism in the late 1960s to a population mobilized for radical political action today.
Susan Stokes is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
