John Crabtree is a research associate of the Latin American Centre, Saint Antony's College, Oxford University. He has written widely on the politics of the Andean countries, especially Peru and Bolivia. His latest books include Making Institutions Work in Peru: Democracy, Development and Inequality since 1980 (ISA, 2006) and (with Laurence Whitehead) Unresolved Tensions: Bolivia Past and Present (Pittsburgh University Press, 2008).