Chaos and complexity theories are examined in their role as a framework from which to understand social change. The central question is that of how complexity, which is based in chaos theory, can shed light on the emergence of ways to address macro-level problems in complex soci…
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This dissertation analyzes the construction of the subaltern subject as an agent of cultural, social and political change based on the testimonies of Saturnino Huillca (Peru), Domitila Barrios de Chungara (Bolivia), and Rigoberta Menchu (Guatemala). Testimonial literature is pro…
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the impact of credibility on efforts to stabilize inflation and inflationary expectations in Argentina, Brazil, Israel and Peru, using monthly macroeconomic data over the period 1980-1992. Since credibility is properly viewed as a building p…
Jose de Acosta was born in Medina del Campo, Spain in 1540, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1552. For close to fifteen years, Acosta ministered in various important capacities as a preacher, author, teacher, theologian, religious superior of his order, and advisor to the lea…
This thesis use new data on intergenerational mobility for analyzing class mobility and equalities of opportunities in the context of the “erratic” modernization of Peruvian society. The thesis begins by proposing and validating a distinctive class schema for Peru, arguing that …
This dissertation examines Spanish treatment of subject Muslims (Moriscos) as a model for the assimilation and acculturation of Amerindians during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It gives particular emphasis to formal, institutional roles of the government and Church in…
“Of all the social processes, conflict is perhaps the most universal and potentially the most dangerous. A feature of every society and every form of relationship, conflict can be found at all levels of human interaction, from sibling rivalry to genocidal warfare (Bercovitch and…
Why do central governments decentralize power? And under what conditions can they reverse the decentralization of power? This dissertation examines changing patterns in intergovernmental fiscal relations (IGFR) in four countries: Brazil, South Africa, Peru, and Senegal, from 198…
Interpreter la spiritualite de la liberation chez Gustavo Gutierrez, au moyen de la symbolique de la convivialite, tel etait le but de cette these. Le vocable convivialite semblait traduire le mieux les deux composantes majeures presentes dans la spiritualite de la liberation: l…
This dissertation examines how conflicts between the Peruvian State and the indigenous Awajún people can be transformed and further escalation prevented by focusing on rights claims. This study analyses the Awajún's main rights claims, their perspective on their relationship wit…
This thesis examines Peruvian popular intercultural music fusions and their impact among the white upper classes of Lima, Peru. Often antagonised, essentialised and understudied, Lima's white upper classes have historically distanced themselves from the city's migrant Andean/Ama…
Grassroots social resistance to neoliberal reforms of urban water and sanitation has taken a dynamic trajectory in the past decade, especially in Latin America. The thesis' proposition is that these struggles have undergone qualitative changes. Their previously defensive strateg…
This thesis has explored how effectively citizens and other stakeholders (community-based organisations (CBOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)) in Peru's Loreto Region have been able to hold the oil company Petroperu accountable for environmental pollution. To do this,…
Peru has been the centre of origin and diversity of more than 3,000 varieties of native potato, although only a few varieties were typically consumed beyond the Andean region. Of little value outside the Andes, these tubers were long considered the food of the poor and the indig…
Soil carbon storage in tropical ecosystems is important in the global carbon cycle, yet consensus is lacking on how soil organic carbon stocks are altered under anthropogenic land-use change. This thesis seeks to quantify soil carbon stocks, the associated soil carbon emissions …
This thesis explores how consumption impacts on people’s wellbeing in seven Peruvian communities. It draws on social science literature on consumption and incorporates the key factors highlighted by the research on wellbeing determinants. Generally, it is accepted that consumpti…
Most scholars of civil-military relations argue that the presence of domestic security threats increases the role of the military in politics. However, domestic security threats do not always increase the political involvement of the armed forces. And when they do, the effects v…
Throughout history, warring parties have contravened norms or laws that prescribe the protection of noncombatant civilians, and wars have often wreaked tremendous havoc on civilian populations. In this dissertation, I investigate conditions under which state leaders embroiled in…
This dissertation examines the ways that indigenista writers from Mexico and Peru used animals in their representation of indigenous peoples, particularly in proposing a “new type of being” as the privileged subject for the nation. Literary indigenismo is a genre of narrative fi…