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THE LIMITS OF THE ESTADO DOCENTE: EDUCATION AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN PERU, 1876-1940*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 August 2015
Abstract
The power of the elites became the dominant explanation of the extension of the franchise and expansion of the provision of public services. Peru from 1876 to 1940 presents a contrasting case. Although restricting political participation through literacy requirements, Peru saw an increase in literacy and schooling. Nevertheless, the relative power of the national and local elites articulated the national policies resulting in unequal provision of education. Constrained political access of the economic minority, the indigenous population, translated into a widening gap in terms of educational attainment.
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El poder de las élites se ha convertido en el factor explanatorio de la extensión del sufragio y de la provisión de servicios públicos. Perú desde 1876 a 1940 presenta un caso diferente. A pesar de un sistema de sufragio calificado, restringido a los alfabetos, hubo un aumento en las tasas de alfabetización y de escolaridad. El poder relativo de las élites nacionales y regionales se manifestó en la articulación de las políticas nacionales con un resultado desigual en la provisión de educación. La restricción en el acceso político de la minoría económica, la población indígena, se convirtió en una creciente brecha en materia educativa.
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- Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 81 - 109
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- © Instituto Figuerola, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2015
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The author would like to thank Peter Lindert for his comments and suggestions. Thanks to the participants of the Institute of Historical Research (University of London) seminar and the Department of Economic History at the Universitat de Barcelona, to three anonymous referees, and to the editors. Jeff Howarth helped immensely with GIS-related data. Funding for this project comes from the National Science Foundation and the American Philosophical Society. All errors are the author’s own.
Department of Economics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA. [email protected]
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