Esta es la segunda entrega del Grupo “Orden, Justicia y Conflictos” del Departamento de Ciencias Sociales que presenta el trabajo de Víctor Caballero realizado entre el 2010 y comienzos del 2011 en torno a la negociación de los conflictos sociales en el Perú. Este texto exhaustivo en la descripción de sus tres estudios de caso1 , resulta ilustrativo al articular estas experiencias particulares –como bien señala el título „modelos para armar‟- en un mismo marco de desafíos al estado, y de relaciones conflictivas entre las empresas y las poblaciones locales.

The social programs to combat poverty have been under permanent observation both by the beneficiaries of these programs and by the criticism they received for the political use that was given to them. Two major issues aroused interest in the study of these programs. First, because, despite the investment from the public treasury and the contributions from international cooperation for the strategy to combat poverty, the problems that persisted showed the poor focus of the investment, the loss of objectives, the leaking of aid and the dispersion of the programs, in addition to the serious problems of administration of the resources. Second, because reelectionist political campaigns were associated with the intensification and expansion of food support for urban and rural populations.