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The paper explores collective action in Peru through community level case studies. It asks why extreme inequality between groups has persisted for so long and whether a weak propensity to collective action is part of the answer. Significant evidence of constructive meso-level collective action is found; but it is restricted by a corrupt, self-seeking political system. The analysis shows how in relatively...