Vulnerability of high-Andean populations from Huancavelica to the phenomenon of the heladas: understanding the issue and the state intervention

This paper analyzes the relation between the structural inequalities that affect the high-Andean regions of Peru and the phenomenon of the heladas. The paper is organized in six chapters, the first one is about the study in itself. It includes the statement of the research problem, the research objectives and questions, the methodology, justification and limitations as well as information about the process writing the paper. The second chapter is on the analytical framework, it presents the concepts that helps to understand the paper as well as the approach I am adopting to look at the studied issue. The third chapter describes the phenomenon of the Heladas and its natural and social characteristics. It presents also the disparities between rural and urban areas in Peru and offers an overview of social relations and the inequality levels of the country. The fourth chapter in on the state interventions to address the phenomenon of the heladas in Huancavelica, it includes national and regional responses. The fifth chapter presents the initiatives that people from high-Andean communities have developed to deal with the heladas, their perspectives on the State responses as well as their own priorities. Finally there is the chapter six; that presents the conclusion of the paper.