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Delegative Democracy in Peru? Fujimori’s 1995 Landslide and the Prospects for 2000

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gregory D. Schmidt
Gregory D. Schmidt*
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Northern Illinois University
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Abstract

The decisive victory of Alberto Fujimori and his congressional list in 1995 did not reflect a delegative view of democracy among the Peruvian electorate. Instead of uncritically supporting their reelected president, as a delegative model would predict, Peruvians have rejected the illiberal and possibly unconstitutional policies of his second administration. Relying on public opinion poll data, this study argues that the same issues that facilitated Fujimori’s 1995 landslide will probably work against him in 2000.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , Spring 2000 , pp. 99 - 132
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Copyright © University of Miami 2000

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