LEADER 03749oam 2200541K 450 001 9910793646503321 005 20230126221247.0 010 $a1-000-30443-4 010 $a1-000-23255-7 010 $a0-429-31360-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000008701179 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5813744 035 $a(OCoLC)1107880263$z(OCoLC)1108320879 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1107880263 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780429313608 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008701179 100 $a20190711e20191992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||unuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe political economy of Argentina $epower and class since 1930 /$fMonica Peralta-Ramos 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York, NY ;$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 191 pages) 225 1 $aWestview special studies on Latin America and the Caribbean 300 $aFirst published 1992 by Westview Press. 311 $a0-367-29485-0 311 $a0-367-31031-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 169-177) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Origins of Argentinian Industrial Development -- Paradoxes of Argentinian Industrial Development -- Explosion of the Legitimacy Crisis -- Legacy of the Process -- Political Challenges to the Radical Government -- Democracy on the Brink of the Abyss 330 $aEconomic developments in Argentina over the last half-century present a puzzle to observers: Before World War II, the nation's per capita income and standard of living were comparable to those in countries like Canada and Australia; today, Argentina is submerged in deep economic, social, and political crises. In analyzing the events that led to this reversal, the author enhances our understanding of the phenomenon of arrested economic development in Argentina and similar developing countries. Dr. Peralta-Ramos approaches the problem with a dialectical interpretation of contemporary Argentinian history, examining crucial economic and political developments since 1930 from the standpoint of class interests in conflict. She discusses early government strategies for industrialization and their consequences for economic growth and institutional stability, maintaining that state policies generated a struggle for the appropriation of income and, ultimately, for control of the state, not only between the middle classes and the urban working class but also between the agrarian and industrial sectors of the bourgeoisie. The ensuing political instability led to further fluctuations in economic policy, to an erosion of institutional legitimacy, and, eventually, to state terrorism. Ongoing political crisis, war, and military rule, as well as soaring speculation and dwindling capital, hastened the downward spiral of the Argentinian economy. Dr. Peralta-Ramos offers in this book an innovative theoretical approach for examining how power relations can inhibit economic development and produce a fragile institutional system that threatens democracy. 410 0$aWestview special studies on Latin America and the Caribbean. 606 $aSocial conflict$zArgentina$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPeronism$xHistory 607 $aArgentina$xEconomic conditions$y1918- 607 $aArgentina$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aSocial conflict$xHistory 615 0$aPeronism$xHistory. 676 $a338.982 700 $aPeralta-Ramos$b Mo?nica$01563865 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793646503321 996 $aThe political economy of Argentina$93832606 997 $aUNINA