Structural elements in the complex character of the nationbuilding process in Perú

• Autor: Pacheco Romero, Luis
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2009
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revista UNMSM - Investigaciones Sociales
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/7233
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/sociales/article/view/7233
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Nación; proyecto de largo plazo; proyecto histórico; elite política; intereses de la población; intereses estratégicos

What we have in Peru at the beginning of the XXIst century is a formal and not a real nationState. It did not let the market to perform efficiently; neither did it properly satisfy the demands of the majority of the people. This led to the State’s loss of legitimacy. This can be explained by the lack of a political elite capable of putting forward a long-term project to the country. The reversal of that deficit works on the premise that the historical project will contribute decisively in the nation-building process only if it accomplishes to carrying out the essential interests of the population and to safeguard the strategic interests of the country.