Cultures in Conflict

Social Movements and the State in Peru

Susan C. Stokes

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9780520086173
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780520916234
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History
• Index: History

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.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Part One. The State and Social Movements
• Chapter One. Movements from Below, Hegemony from Above
• Chapter Two. The Lower Classes under the Oligarchic State
• Chapter Three. Military Rule and the Transformation of Lower-Class Politics
• Chapter Four. Lower-Class Politics and Revived Civilian Rule
• Part Two. Social Movements and Political Culture
• Chapter Five. Clients and Radicals
• Chapter Six. Political Culture and the Mass Public
• Chapter Seven. Social Movements, Hegemony, and the State
• Postscript
• Appendix
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index