The struggle between Party vs. Movement 1. In parties, opposition is viewed as permanent and legitimate, whereas movements seek to form national unity by abolishing political opposition 2.
Parties recognize that fair elections are the only means of attaining political power.
Parties exalt their principles and ideologies and movements tend to exalt their leaders. There has never been a party that represents either of these groups. The lack of conservative party to represent the elite of the Pampas region has often forced this small, but influential class to resort to other means of political manipulation 3. The two-party system trap 1. Two principal political parties are the Peronists and the Radicals.