This paper studies one instance of successful state reform, the Peruvian tax administration, by looking at the circumstances (economic and political crises of the 1990s) and the factors (strong presidential support, ability of policy elites, favourable reaction from civil society) that made it...

Crabtree and Durand explore how the Peruvian elite and foreign mining interests have been able to entrench their position and marginalise the left, even as leftist governments have risen to power elsewhere on the continent.