Argentina: A Short History

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
PART 1 INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT......Page 28
Introduction: Defining a Place in the World......Page 30
1 The Regional Dimensions of National Consolidation......Page 39
2 Independent Internationalism: A Secure Place in the Global Order?......Page 49
3 Neutrality and Nationalism: The Cost of Charting an Independent Course......Page 65
4 Reaction, Realism and Global Reinsertion: Ideology versus Pragmatism......Page 78
Conclusion: Internationalism and Nationalism......Page 93
PART 2 ECONOMY AND SOCIETY......Page 98
Introduction: Golden Eras and Missed Opportunities - a Long-run Perspective......Page 100
5 Imperfect Transition: the Flawed Belle Epoque......Page 106
6 Industrialisation and Development: Aspiration and Obsession......Page 138
7 Restructuring Economy and Society: the Political Economy of Violence......Page 157
8 Convertibility, Poverty and Corruption: A Future Found and Lost......Page 173
Conclusion: In Search of Efficiency and Equity......Page 193
PART 3 POLITICS......Page 196
Introduction: Conflict and Crisis - Failure to Embed a National Project......Page 198
9 A Possible Republic and the Real Republic......Page 202
10 Class Politics: Parties, Power and Democracy......Page 212
11 Distributional Conflict: The Politics of Frustration......Page 219
Conclusion: State, Politics and Citizenship......Page 237
Conclusion......Page 240
Bibliographical Essay......Page 249
Index......Page 258