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

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Entitled to Work: Urban Property Rights and Labor Supply in Peru

“…The antecedent party was Cambio 90INuevo Mayoria, In Peruvian municipal elections, voters cast ballots for mayors and councils of district-level municipalities. According to Schmidt (2004), ''Although Fujimori's reelections in 1995 and especially 2000 were controversial processes, the outcomes of municipal elections in the 1990s were broadly accepted by Peruvians of diverse political tendencies. Opposition and local lists won more races than the president's supporters, and allegations of fraud were limited to specific localities."…”

Ethnic Politics in Ranked and Unranked Systems: An Exploratory Analysis

“…One of the more successful opponents, Alejandro Todelo also appealed to the poor and working class from a neoliberal standpoint and by 2000 was Fujimori's main rival for the "cholo emergente" vote. 57 Following Fujimori's ouster, Toledo won the presidency in 2001, with a centrist message emphasizing "job creation, decentralization, and the satisfaction of basic human needs." 58 Downloaded by [Flinders University of South Australia] at 12:45 08 February 2015…”

Electoral Governance Matters

“…We also consider whether incumbents are seeking reelection, given that several country analyses have emphasized the relationship between problematic elections and incumbents seeking reelection (e.g., Hartlyn, 1998;Schmidt, 2000). Incumbents are more likely to have both an opportunity to manipulate elections and the will to do so in contexts of socioeconomic tensions, corruption charges, poor poll numbers, and other issues.…”