Broken promises?
Subtitle: the Argentine crisis and Argentine democracy
By: edited by Edward Epstein and David Pion-Berlin.
Contributors: Epstein, Edward.; Pion-Berlin, David.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780739109281
Subjects: Financial crises -- Argentina; Argentina -- Economic conditions -- 1983-; Argentina -- Economic policy; Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1983-2002
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The crisis of 2001 and Argentine democracy / Edward Epstein and David Pion-Berlin; title: The democratic process in Argentina / José Nun; title: Police, politics, and society in the province of Buenos Aires / Marcelo Fabián Sain; title: The costs of the convertibility plan: the economic and social effects of financial hegemony / Jorge Schvarzer; title: The piquetero movement in Greater Buenos Aires: political protests by the unemployed poor during the crisis / Edward Epstein; title: Political mobilization in neighborhood assemblies: the cases of Villa Crespo and Palermo / Maristella Svampa and Damián Corral; title: Middle-class use of barter clubs: a real alternative or just survival? / Inés González Bombal and Mariana Luzzi; title: Crisis, democracy, and the military in Argentina /  Rut Diamint; title: The gendarmerie's response to social protest in Argentina / Eric Stener Carlson; title: In the name of the people: the possibilities and limits of a government relying on public opinion / Isidoro Cheresky; title: The Argentine political crisis and necessary institutional reform / Juan Abal Medina; title: Will foreign allies help? Argentina's relations with Brazil and the United States / Roberto Russell and Juan Gabriel Tokatlian.