Peronism and Argentina / Edition 1

by James P. Brennan

Overview

Peronism and Argentina examines the history, origins, and contemporary directions of Peronism, the most important populist movement in twentieth-century Latin America. Written from an introductory and interdisciplinary perspective, this volume includes contributions from historians, political scientists, and sociologists. These provocative essays clarify many misconceptions about the nature of Peronism and explain how the movement has been interpreted by intellectuals and how it has influenced Argentine politics and civil society over the last half century. Peronism and Argentina also includes essays on the present Peronist government under Carlos Menem's rule.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780842027069
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/1998
Series:	Latin American Silhouettes
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.68(w) x 9.18(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

James P. Brennan is a member of the history department at the University of California, Riverside.

Table of Contents

Part 1 I The Intellectual Debate Chapter 2 Interpretations of Peronism: Old Frameworks and New Perspectives Chapter 3 The Changing Perceptions of Peronism: A Review Essay Part 4 II Peronism and Argentine Society Chapter 5 From Rebellion to Rupture: Peronist Party Politics in Neuquén, 1961-1973 Chapter 6 Industrialists and Bolicheros: Business and the Peronist Populist Alliance, 1943-1976 Chapter 7 The Ambivalent Giant: The Peronist Labor Movement, 1945-1995 Part 8 The Metamorphosis of Peronism Chapter 9 The Origins of Menemismo Chapter 10 Reviewing the Past and Inventing the Present: The Steelworkers of Villa Constituciòn and Menemismo, 1989-1992 Chapter 11 The Transformations of Peronism

Editorial Reviews

This volume is the best and most complete discussion in any language of the evolution of Peronism, a little-known and yet very important ideology and political movement. The significance of Peronism transcends the case of Argentina, a country it reshaped two times in this century, for its incarnations represent possible models for some of the new democracies in different parts of the world.

Carlos H. Waisman

A valuable teaching resource. This collection of essays presents fresh interpretations and research on the political movement that has dominated Argentine history in the last half-century. James Brennan has done a very effective job in grouping these articles around three central problematics: the intellectual debate surrounding peronismo as a social and political phenomenon; peronismo and the making of the Argentine society since the early 1940s; and, finally, peronismo's recent transformations under the neoliberal agenda of menemismo.

Diego Armus

These eight essays connect the Peronism of yesterday and the Peronsim of today, highlighting what has changed a lot and what has changed a little in Argentina in the second half of the twentieth century.

Herbert Braun