The function of social mobilization in the process towards a new society in Peru

This report has as its objective to undertake an analysis of the development process as it has evolved in Peru over the two year period 1968-1970, to examine some of the basic problems contained in this process, to interpret the direction in which it goes and to suggest a position towards it. Within this context, I shall especially focus on the function of social mobilization in development and its relationship to three major reforms the Military Government has introduced. This report is the result of my work at the National Community Development Office and the National Planning Institute. A more detailed (project) analysis of the National Comrnunity Development Programme and of the Government's Development policy, in particular the Agrarian Reform, can be found in three previous reports.