This article presents partial results of ongoing research on Argentina, focusing on the Kirchner governments (Néstor, 2003-2007, e Cristina, 2007-2015). Before addressing this period, we review key moments in the country’s economic history, including the last military dictatorship (1976-1983), the governments of Raúl Alfonsín (1983–1989) and, above all, Carlos Menem (1989–1999), the crisis of 2001, and finally the Kirchner administrations, understood as relative interruptions of neoliberal policies, which would later return under the government of Mauricio Macri (2015–2019). We show how past development trajectories shaped the conditions under which the progressive camp governed when it came to power in Argentina, as well as the degree of foreignization of the economy, which translated into political and ideological strength and against which it is difficult to achieve lasting victories. This reflection is based mainly on bibliographic research.
This article presents partial results of ongoing research on Argentina, focusing on the Kirchner governments (Néstor, 2003-2007, e Cristina, 2007-2015). Before addressing this period, we review key moments in the country's economic history, including the last military dictatorship (1976-1983), the governments of Raúl Alfonsín (1983–1989) and, above all, Carlos Menem (1989–1999), the crisis of 2001, and finally the Kirchner administrations, understood as relative interruptions of neoliberal policies, which would later return under the government of Mauricio Macri (2015–2019). We show how past development trajectories shaped the conditions under which the progressive camp governed when it came to power in Argentina, as well as the degree of foreignization of the economy, which translated into political and ideological strength and against which it is difficult to achieve lasting victories. This reflection is based mainly on bibliographic research.