Between Revolution and the Ballot Box

The Origins of the Argentine Radical Party in the 1890s

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ID19947727
AuthorsPaula Alonso (0000-0002-2491-0581), P R Alonso (0000-0002-9602-8096, George Washington University, corresponding author)
Year2000
Publication date2000-05-22
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueBetween Revolution and the Ballot Box (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511572685
OpenAlexW4232519781
Open LibraryOL18292473M
ISBN9780511572685
LanguageEN
Citations received11

Founded in 1891, the Unión Cívica Radical, generally known as the Radical Party, is the oldest national political party in Argentina. As a central component of Argentina's political history, the Radical Party has received much attention from historians. However, most accounts have concentrated on the period after 1916, when the party won its first presidential election; the formative years of the party have generally been ignored. Yet as the strongest opposition party during the 1890s, a pivotal decade in the birth of Argentina's party system, the Radical Party effected a critical development in Argentine politics: it created a system of open confrontation and political competition. 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 nation as a whole

Ballot · Communism · Democracy · Democratic revolution · Economic history · Party platform · Political economy · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Politics of the United States · Presidential system · Realigning election · Socialism · Sociology · Trotskyism · Voting · Argentine historical studies · Historical Studies in Latin America · History · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Argentina · politics and government · Unión Cívica Radical

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