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Transparency Versus Collective Action

Fujimori's Legacy and the Peruvian Congress

Dartmouth College

During the 1990s, the Peruvian Congress was thoroughly dominated by the presidential administration of Alberto Fujimori. In 2000, during the scandals that brought down Fujimori and his associates, the legislature was exposed as riddled with corruption. In the wake of these events, one might expect the congress to be thoroughly discredited and institutionally weakened. I argue that the Peruvian Congress made significant strides toward legislative transparency and strengthening the accountability of individual legislators to voters and that, ironically, some of the key steps in this direction were taken during the Fujimori era. This same trend, however, presents potential obstacles to collective action in the legislature. I support these claims with analysis of changes in the legislative party and coalition system from the late 1990s through the transition, examination of legislative voting patterns, and interviews with key actors inside and outside congress.

Key Words: Peru • legislatures • parties • coalitions • transparency • accountability

Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 36, No. 9, 983-1006 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0010414003257096


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