The New Argentine Democracy: The Search for a Successful Formula

by Edward C. Epstein

Overview

This volume brings together ten experts on Latin America to evaluate Argentina's newly restored democracy. Specifically, they examine the success of economic and political programs implemented since the end of 1983 by the freely elected Alfonsin and Menem governments. Special attention is given to the efforts of democratic office holders to secure the support of powerful interest groups such as the armed forces, business, labor, and the Catholic Church. Further attention is given to Argentina's two dominant political parties, the Radicals and the Peronists, the strong personalities of presidents Alfonsin and Menem, and the contrasting efforts of these men to restructure the traditional political coalitions that have for so long immobilized the country.

This volume will be of interest to scholars and students in political science, comparative politics, and Latin American studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275939199
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/26/1992
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

EDWARD C. EPSTEIN is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. He is the author of Labor Autonomy and the State in Latin America (1989).

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures
Acknowledgment
Overview
Democracy in Argentina by Edward C. Epstein
Hyperinflation, Macroeconomic Instability, and Neoliberal Restructuring in Democratic Argentina by William C. Smith
The Corporate Interests
A House Divided: Crisis, Cleavage, and Conflict in the Argentine Army by David Pion-Berlin and Ernesto López
Economic Policy and Distributional Conflict among Business Groups in Argentina: From Alfonsín to Menem (1983-1990) by Mónica Peralta Ramos
Labor-State Conflict in the New Argentine Democracy: Parties, Union Factions, and Power Maximizing by Edward C. Epstein
The Catholic Church and the Argentine Democratic Transition by Emilio F. Mignone
Political Aggregation Amid Economic Crisis
Argentine Parties under Alfonsín: From Democratic Reinvention to Political Decline and Hyperinflation by Marcelo Cavarozzi and María Grossi
Political Parties under Alfonsín and Menem: The Effects of State Shrinking and the Devaluation of Democratic Politics by Marcelo Cavarozzi and Oscar Landi
Argentina's Revolution from Above: State Economic Transformation and Political Realignment by Carlos H. Waisman
Conclusions —The New Argentine Democracy
:The Search for a Successful Formula by Edward C. Epstein
References
Index