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

A further decisive win for Evo Morales should settle debate about Bolivia's new constitution. But the divisions the campaign exposed ensure a bumpy ride ahead, says John Crabtree. 

A constitutional referendum is another landmark in Bolivia's fractious but exciting political landscape, says John Crabtree. 

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.