Behaviour and local political leadership in Peru

This article is aimed, on the one hand, to contribute to the construction of a reference frame to study the political leadership processes and styles in local ambiences, because the analytical approaches known about the topic are quite general, ambiguous and limited. On the other hand, our aim is to apply the above mentioned reference frame onto behavior studies and political leadership of local governments concerning the new mechanisms of citizen participation implemented during the last two decades, in the local ambiences of Peru, thus formulating a style of local political leadership from the actors' point of view.