Los umbrales del testimonio

"Examines in great detail economic policy-making during the presidency of Alfonsín. Sees the administration's ultimate failure occurring due to the attempts to make social pacts with the corporatist bodies representing labor, agriculture, and industry. Author believes that the administration lost its credibility by attempting policies that had little chance of success"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"The Peronist left arose in reaction to attempts to supress the movement. Ironically, its great victory, in forcing the military to accept Perón's return to power, also led to its demise. Legitimated by elections, Perón isolated and attacked his young supporters. A familiar story, but well told and documented"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Telephone Workers' Union; development of unions during 1920s, political maturing; power of General Confederation of Workers; effect of the Depression, rise of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini; Peron's relationship with organized labor, especially 1944-1945; formation and dissolution of Labor Party.

Políticos y académicos se reunieron para reflexionar, en igualdad de condiciones, sobre los "nuevos contenidos de la política", en el marco del Seminario permanente argentino-chileno de ciencia política aplicada de la UNSAM, que dio origen a este libro. La inquietud por el creciente desacople de la realidad respecto de la práctica política y el agotamiento de los lenguajes para pensar y transformar el mundo capaces de pensarlo y transformarlo fueron el leitmotiv de este esfuerzo colectivo por comprender el presente social y pensar la praxis de gobierno simultáneamente. De esta manera,...