John Crabtree

John Crabtree is a research associate at Oxford University's Centre for Latin American Studies. He is (on Bolivia) author of Patterns of Protest: Politics and Social Movements in Bolivia (Latin America Bureau, 2005) and co-editor of Unresolved Tensions: Bolivia Past and Present (Pittsburgh University Press, 2008); and (on Peru) author of Peru under Garcia: Opportunity Lost (Macmillan, 1992) and Fujimori's Peru (ILAS, 1998), and editor of Making Institutions Work in Peru: Democracy, Development and Inequality since 1980 (Institute for the Study of the Americas, London University / Brookings Institution, 2006).

Recent articles

An agreement over Bolivia's constitution sets the stage for another epic political year, says John Crabtree.

A centralised state, a blocked polity, ineffective parties, endemic poverty, regional discontent, official corruption, rising inflation - Peru needs more then a change in government personnel, says John Crabtree.  

Bolivia's latest round of voting highlights the issues - political and economic, constitutional and regional - dividing the country, and challenges its political leaders to a new accommodation, says John Crabtree.

The Peruvian president's neo-liberal reinvention has yet to win the hearts or raise the life-chances of millions of his poor compatriots, says John Crabtree.

A series of votes on regional autonomy is testing Evo Morales's political project and challenging Bolivians to find new ways of living together, says John Crabtree.