Political Forces in Argentina, 3rd Edition

This is a revised and updated edition of Snow's classic study of Argentine politics. The work is a description and analysis of the role played by Argentina's major political actors: the political parties, the armed forces, labor unions, the Catholic Church, and students. Their traditional roles are examined, but emphasis is placed on the part they have played since publication of the last edition of the work in 1979, especially the dramatic transition to democracy beginning in 1983. Snow and his new co-author, Manzetti, are slightly more optimistic than most analysts, and believe that Argentina's major political actors may have finally decided that authoritarian regimes are not to their--nor Argentina's--advantage.

Written primarily as a supplementary text for courses in Latin American politics, this work will be of interest to scholars and students of contemporary Latin America.

List of contents

Introduction
The Political Party System
The Armed Forces
The Labor Movement
The Church and Catholic Lay Groups
Students and Politics
Bibliography
Index

About the author

PETER G. SNOW is Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

LUIGI MANZETTI is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Product details

• Authors: Luigi Manzetti, Manzetti Luigi, Peter G. Snow, Snow Peter G.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.11.1992
• EAN: 9780275938109
• ISBN: 978-0-275-93810-9
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, Argentina, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Political structures: democracy, Political ideologies and movements, Politics, Law, and Government: Comparative Politics