The New Argentine Democracy: The Search for a Successful Formula

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 programmes 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, labour, 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 two men to restructure the traditional political coalitions that have for so long immobilised the country. This volume should be of interest to scholars and students in political science, comparative politics and Latin American studies.