Argentina's Radical Party and popular mobilization, 1916-1930
By: Joel Horowitz.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780271034041
Subjects: Unión Cívica Radical; Democracy -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century; Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1910-1943
Description: "Examines how Argentina's Radical Party rallied popular support in Buenos Aires from 1916 to 1930. Argues that the methods used for popular mobilization helped to undermine democracy. The popularity of President Hipólito Yrigoyen is explored, as well as the government's relationship with unions"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The economic and political setting; title: Creating the image : construction of the images of Yrigoyen and Alvear; title: The limits of patronage; title: When bosses and workers agreed : the failure of social welfare legislation; title: Yrigoyen and the limitations of obrerismo, 1916-1922; title: Alvear and the attempted establishment of an institutionalized relationship with labor, 1922-1928; title: Yrigoyen and the failure to reestablish obrerismo, 1928-1930.