Argentina's Radical Party and Popular Mobilization, 1916-1930

254 Pages·2008·1.17 MB·English

by  Joel Horowitz

Argentina’s
RAardgeinctainla ’s Radical
PPaarrttyyanadndPopPuloaprular
Moblilization,1916–1930
Joel Horowitz
Argentina’s Radical Party
and Popular Mobilization,1916–1930
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Argentina’s
RAardgeinctainla ’s Radical
PPaarrttyyanadndPopPuloaprular
Mobilization,1916–1930
Joel Horowitz
The Pennsylvania State University Press
University Park, Pennsylvania
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LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
Horowitz,Joel,1949–
Argentina’sRadicalPartyandpopularmobilization,1916–1930/JoelHorowitz.
p. cm.
Summary:‘‘ExamineshowArgentina’sRadicalPartyralliedpopularsupportinBuenosAires
from1916to1930.Arguesthatthemethodsusedforpopularmobilizationhelpedto
underminedemocracy.ThepopularityofPresidentHipolitoYrigoyenisexplored,aswellas
thegovernment’srelationshipwithunions’’—Providedbypublisher.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
isbn978-0-271-03404-1(cloth:alk.paper)
1. Argentina—Politicsandgovernment—1910–1943.
2. Democracy—Argentina—History—20thcentury.
3. Unio´nC´ıvicaRadical.
I.Title.
F2848.H6752008
324.282(cid:2)07409042—dc22
2008019184
Copyright(cid:2)2008ThePennsylvaniaStateUniversity
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PublishedbyThePennsylvaniaStateUniversityPress,
UniversityPark,PA16802-1003
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ThisbookisprintedonNaturesNatural,containing50%post-consumerwaste,
andmeetsthe requirementsofAmericanNationalStandardforInformation
Sciences—PermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibraryMaterial,
ansiz39.48–1992.
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withloveandgratitude
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ConCtoennttensts
acknowledgments ix
listofabbreviations xi
Introduction 1
1 TheEconomicandPoliticalSetting 12
2 CreatingtheImage:ConstructionoftheImagesof
YrigoyenandAlvear 35
3 TheLimitsofPatronage 65
4 WhenBossesandWorkersAgreed:TheFailureofSocial
WelfareLegislation 95
5 YrigoyenandtheLimitationsofObrerismo,1916–1922 115
6 AlvearandtheAttemptedEstablishmentofan
InstitutionalizedRelationshipwithLabor,1922–1928 149
7 YrigoyenandtheFailuretoReestablishObrerismo,
1928–1930 177
Conclusion 201
bibliography 211
index 231
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AcknAocwklneodwglmedegnmtesnts
Over the approximately fifteen years that I took to write this book I have
accrued a great number of debts, large and small, to people and institu-
tions. If I have forgotten to mention any of them it is not because I am
ungratefulbutratherbecauseIhavesomanytothank.
Funding for research was provided by a Fulbright Research Grant and
by various grants from St. Bonaventure University. I would in particular
liketothanktwooftheadministratorsatSt.Bonaventure,EdwardEckert
and Stephen Stahl, for their interest in my work. Being a faculty affiliate
of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard
University allowed me to use the wonderful facilities at Widener Library.
IwouldliketothankJohnCoatsworthforhishelparrangingthis.
Thestaffsofnumerouslibrariesandarchiveshaveprovedwonderfully
helpful:ArchivoGeneraldelaNacio´n;BibliotecaJuanB.Justo;Biblioteca
Nacional;InstitutoRavignani;theConfederacio´nGeneraldelTrabajo;the
Fundacio´n Simo´n Rodr´ıguez; Universidad Di Tella; Widener Library of
Harvard University; and the Nettie Lee Benson Library at University of
Texas, Austin. Theresa Shaffer,the interlibrary loanlibrarian atSt. Bona-
venture, regularly performed minor miracles and did it with grace and
speed.
Researchandwritingtendstobeasolitaryaffair,butitcannotbedone
withoutsupport.Friendsandcolleaguesprovidedcriticalaidandinforma-
tionandmadetheprocessmuchmoreenjoyable:SamuelAmaral,Torcu-
atoDiTella,MarioGasparini,DonnaGuy,RuthHorowitz,NilsJacobsen,
JuanCarlosKorol,MirtaLobato,SilvanaPalermo,HildaSabato,JuanSuri-
ano,HoracioTarcus,JuanCarlosTorre,andGardeniaVidal.
Estela Dom´ınguez, Juan Carlos Korol, Elsa Pintow, and Mauricio
SchaikevichsharedtheircityofBuenosAireswithme;theyofferedfriend-
shipand help inmany ways.Mariano Plotkin andPiroskaCsur´ı gaveme
thehospitalityoftheirbeautifulapartmentinBuenosAiresandmademe
feeltrulywelcome.
MarianoPlotkin, who asalwayshad intelligentthingstosay, readpor-
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