This book analyses the institutional development that the Peruvian state has undergone in
recent years within a context of rapid extractive industry expansion. It addresses the most
important institutional state transformations produced directly by natural resources growth.
This includes the construction of a redistributive law with the mining canon the creation of a
research canon for public universities the development of new institutions for environmental
regulation the legitimation of state involvement in the function of prevention and management
of conflicts and the institutionalization and dissemination of practices of participation and
local consultation.