This case study of a peasant community in the Peruvian central highlands examines how vibrant political engagement in the 1970s became indifference during the 2016 Peruvian presidential election. It focuses on changing livelihood activities over the past three decades. Thirty years ago, community incomes were based on farming and wage labor, and community members were activists in worker–peasant organizations to achieve better market and work conditions. Now, small‐scale agriculture and formal employment have declined and livelihoods are precarious. The state addresses this through decentralized spending and cash transfers. Despite this unprecedented state support, the community had no interest in the 2016 national election. Instead, their attention was focused on the municipality, which delivers the new funds in Peru's decentralized government system. Rather than leveraging job and income creation, these funds condemn the people to ongoing precarity because the state has avoided the structural changes that would create viable jobs and markets for their products. These concerns find no organized political expression, as recent analysis of Peruvian politics reveals a weak party system and fragmented civil society. This situation poses significant challenges to political organizations that would seek more equitable structural transformations.

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国家的崛起与无关紧要：2016年秘鲁总统大选农民社区的政治观点

这项针对秘鲁中部高地农民社区的案例研究考察了1970年代充满活力的政治参与在2016年秘鲁总统大选期间如何变得冷漠。它着重于在过去的三十年中改变生计活动。30年前，社区收入以耕作和有偿劳动为基础，社区成员是工农组织的积极分子，以实现更好的市场和工作条件。现在，小规模农业和正规就业已经下降，生计are可危。该州通过分散支出和现金转移来解决这一问题。尽管获得了国家前所未有的支持，但社区对2016年全国大选没有兴趣。相反，他们的注意力集中在自治市上，该市在秘鲁提供了新的资金。权力下放的政府体系。这些资金没有利用就业机会和收入创造，而是谴责人们持续ongoing可危，因为国家避免了结构性变革，因为这些变革会为其产品创造可行的就业机会和市场。这些担忧没有找到有组织的政治表达，因为对秘鲁政治的最新分析显示，政党制度薄弱，公民社会支离破碎。这种情况给寻求更公平的结构转型的政治组织提出了重大挑战。最近对秘鲁政治的分析表明，政党制度薄弱，公民社会支离破碎。这种情况给寻求更公平的结构转型的政治组织提出了重大挑战。最近对秘鲁政治的分析表明，政党制度薄弱，公民社会支离破碎。这种情况给寻求更公平的结构转型的政治组织提出了重大挑战。