Back-To-Roots Again? Kirchnerismo as a Reclaiming of Classical Peronism
METU Studies in Development, cilt.47, sa.2, ss.257-280, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.60165/metusd.v47i2.986
- Dergi Adı: METU Studies in Development
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: EconLit
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.257-280
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This article seeks to examine how Kirchnerism emerged and then dominated Argentine politics as the most powerful strand of Peronism since the early-2000s. Based on an analysis of the political, socio-economic and organizational-leadership attributes of classical Peronism and Menemism, the major argument of this study is that Kirchnerism, with its center-left agenda, has attempted to reclaim traditional Peronism by highlighting its focus on political sovereignty, economic independence and social justice, in contrast to Menemism, which emerged as a neoliberal interpretation of Peronism during the 1990s. However, the Kirchnerist opposition to Menemism at times remained mostly rhetorical, as revealed by the key similarities between these two in practice.