Christian Democratic Party (Peru)

...However, Apra's change of direction prompted the emergence of the middle class as a new reform force and a radical peasant movement amid the social changes represented by the rapid urbanization of the 1950s. In the 1956 elections, the Popular Action Party (AP), led by Belaúnde Terry, the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), and the Movement for Social Reform (MSP) were each born, and they sought to implement the reforms that Apra had previously advocated, such as the strengthening and expansion of state power, the introduction of development plans, industrialization, land reform, and nationalism. The military, which had previously been known as the "watchdog" of the ruling class, joined this reform movement. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Christian Democratic Party (Peru)" is listed below.

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…しかし，アプラの方向転換は，50年代の急速な都市化に表される社会変動のなかで，新たな改革勢力としての中間層の登場と急進的な農民運動を促した。56年選挙には，ベラウンデ･テリーの率いる人民行動党(AP)，キリスト教民主党(PDC)，社会革新運動(MSP)がそれぞれ誕生し，国家権能の強化拡大，開発計画の導入，工業化，農地改革，民族主義といった，従来アプラ党が唱えていた諸改革の実施を目ざそうとした。この改革の流れに，それまで支配階級の〈番犬〉といわれていた軍が合流する。…

※「キリスト教民主党（ペルー）」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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