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Between Revolution and the Ballot Box: The Origins of the Argentine Radical Party in the 1890s

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This is a study of the formative years of the Argentine Radical Party in the 1890s. Through its analysis of the party the book also sheds light on the dynamics of Argentine politics at the end of the nineteenth century." "This study offers not merely a revised version of the party's story but also a new perspective on the nature of the Radical Party and of the politics of the period as a whole.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780521771856
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date: 5/28/2000
  • Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies Series , #86
  • Pages: 260
  • Product dimensions: 5.98 (w) x 8.98 (h) x 0.75 (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
List of Tables and Figures
Introduction 1
1 The Political Arena 14
The Consolidation of Argentine Institutions 15
Economic and Social Transformations 21
Creole Politics 27
The PAN's Political Discourse 38
2 Mounting an Opposition 47
The Presidency of Juarez Celman (1886-1890) 48
The Rise of the Union Civica 53
The Revolution of 1890 61
3 The Short-Lived Union Civica 69
Organizing a Political Party 70
Committees and Conventions 76
The Agreement 83
4 The Radicals in Action: Part I 94
The Radical Leaders 94
A Time for Revolution 104
The Revolutions of July 1893 118
The Revolutions of August and September 1893 127
5 The Radicals in Action: Part II 133
Principles in Conflict 134
The Electoral Performance of the Radical Party 142
The Radicals in Congress 162
6 The Decline of the Radical Party 179
The Beginning of the Decline 180
Irigoyen versus Yrigoyen 186
Yrigoyen's Radical Party 198
Conclusion 205
App. 1 A Chronology of Political Parties and Factions, 1862-1910 215
App. 2 Details of the Members of the National Committee of the UCR in 1892 217
App. 3 Property Values in Buenos Aires, 1890-1898 219
Bibliography 221
Index 237
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