Recentralization, intergovernmental conflicts and territorial inequality: perspective of local governments in Peru

Abstract Intergovernmental conflicts, in Latin America’s centralism and the recentralization in Peru, have been more acute over the last 30 years, producing sociopolitical, economic, and cultural problems at subnational levels. Based on the design of the grounded theory of Glasser and Strauss, this sociopolitical phenomenon is analyzed from the perspective of local governments in the Puno region to account for the emerging categories and subcategories of analysis regarding the dynamics of intergovernmental relations (IGR) in the local public policy process. The main argument is that, as a result of centralism, recentralization, and intergovernmental conflicts, territorial inequality reproduces and reinforces at the local level. These are expressed in a dichotomy between the deficit territorial dynamics (backward areas) and entrepreneurial territorial dynamics (growth areas).摘要 过去三十年来，拉丁美洲中央集权体制下以及秘鲁再集权化进程中的政府间冲突愈发尖锐，在次国家层面引发了社会政治、经济与文化层面的多重问题。本研究基于格拉泽（Glasser）与施特劳斯（Strauss）的扎根理论框架，从普诺地区地方政府的视角对这一社会政治现象展开剖析，以期梳理地方公共政策进程中政府间关系（Intergovernmental Relations，IGR）动态相关的分析范畴与子范畴。本研究核心论点为：受中央集权、再集权化与政府间冲突的共同影响，地域不平等在地方层面得以复制并强化，具体表现为两种对立的地域动态模式：赤字型地域动态（落后地区）与创业型地域动态（增长地区）。