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1 online resource illustrations |
| Contents |
The breakdown of authoritarian rule -- The campaign for a democratic Argentina -- "With democracy one eats": the Programa Alimentario Nacional -- "Chernobyl chickens": economic planning and the Caso Mazzoron -- "Dear Mr. President": the transition in letters -- Democratic pasts, neoliberal futures: hyperinflation and the road to austerity -- Epilogue: carrying forward the promise of 1983 |
| Summary |
"In 1983, following a military dictatorship that left thousands dead and disappeared and the economy in ruins, Raul Alfonsin was elected president of Argentina on the strength of his pledge to prosecute the armed forces for their crimes and restore a measure of material well-being to Argentine lives. Food, housing, and full employment became the litmus tests of the new democracy. In Search of the Lost Decade reconsiders Argentina's transition to democracy by examining the everyday meanings of rights and the lived experience of democratic return, far beyond the ballot box and corridors of power. Beginning with promises to eliminate hunger and ending with food shortages and burning supermarkets, Jennifer Adair provides an in-depth account of the Alfonsin government's unfulfilled projects to ensure basic needs against the backdrop of a looming neoliberal world order. As it moves from the presidential palace to the streets, this original book offers a compelling reinterpretation of post-dictatorship Argentina and Latin America's so-called lost decade"-- Provided by publisher |
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alfonsin governments unfulfilled projects |
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argentina |
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argentinas transition to democracy |
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compelling |
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everyday meanings of rights |
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food shortages and burning supermarkets |
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latin americas lost decade |
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lived experience of democratic return |
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neoliberal world order |
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original |
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presidential palace to streets |
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promises to eliminate hunger |
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reinterpretation of post dictatorship argentina |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
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Economic history
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1983-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007070
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Argentina -- Economic conditions -- 1983-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007029
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Argentina -- Social conditions -- 1983- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007074
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Argentina
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019980965 |
| ISBN |
0520973283 |
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9780520973282 |
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