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Democratic Entropy and Transactional Rule: The Political Output of Peruvian Informality

Peru’s democracy is eroding not through aspiring autocrats but through exhaustion. Beneath the turmoil lies a subtler form of decay: entrenched informality hollowing out authority and turning governance into a marketplace of deals rather than a system of rules.

13.11.2025

Podcasts

The Rise of Legislative Authoritarianism –In Conversation with Paolo Sosa-Villagarcia and Moisés Arce

In the latest episode of our special series produced in collaboration with the Journal of Democracy, Paolo Sosa-Villagarcia and Moisés Arce discuss the rise of legislative authoritarianism, compare it with more traditional forms of authoritarian rule, and explore its implications both in theory and in practice.

7.07.2025

Peru: A Democracy That Does Not Deliver

Diego A Salazar-Morales analyses for us the political crisis in Peru.

16.10.2021