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The 2006 Peruvian elections are an appropriate moment to reflect on Alejandro Toledos term as president and on the broader agenda for building a more inclusive and democratic government. In a country of extreme social inequality, such an aspiration represents an enormous challenge. The sudden collapse of the which Fujimori regimewhich had dominated Peru for the 1990sand Toledos election victory in 2001 seemed to provide an opportunity for institutional reform and rebuilding. The impetus proved short-lived, as the new presidents popularity sank to unprecedented levels and public support for Perus democratic institutions continued to hemorrhage. This book suggests that the challenges of institutional development run very deep and are not peculiar to any one government. Institutional change in Peru is part of a much wider process of transformation from an oligarchic society. Contributors include Paulo Drino (University of Manchester), Cynthia Sanborn (Centro de Investigaciones, Universidad del Pacifico, Lima), Carlos Monge (Participacin Ciudadana, Lima), Fernando Rospigliosi (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, Lima), Pedro Franck (Departamento de Economia, Universidad Catlica, Lima), Fernando Eguren (Centro Peruano de Ciencias Sociales, Lima), Rosemary Thorp (Queen Elizabeth House/St Antonys College, Oxford), Eduardo Dargent (University of Texas, Austin), Coletta Youngers (Washington Office on Latin America, Washington D.C.), Francisco Durand (University of Texas, San Antonio), Jos Tvara (Departamento de Economia, Universidad Catlica, Lima, and OSIPTEL), and Richard Webb (Instituto Cuanto and Central Bank of Peru).
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