Argentina's Radical Party and popular mobilization, 1916-1930

"Examines how Argentina's Radical Party rallied popular support in Buenos Aires from 1916 to 1930. Argues that the methods used for popular mobilization helped to undermine democracy. The popularity of President Hipólito Yrigoyen is explored, as well as the government's relationship w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horowitz, Joel, 1949- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park (Pennsylvania) : The Pennsylvania State University Press 2008
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Online Access:Sumario
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991007492559708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • The economic and political setting
  • Creating the image : construction of the images of Yrigoyen and Alvear
  • The limits of patronage
  • When bosses and workers agreed : the failure of social welfare legislation
  • Yrigoyen and the limitations of obrerismo, 1916-1922
  • Alvear and the attempted establishment of an institutionalized relationship with labor, 1922-1928
  • Yrigoyen and the failure to reestablish obrerismo, 1928-1930