Population debates in the matrix of interwar Argentine social policy

This paper studies the impact of the populationist ideology in the process of definition of social policies during the interwar period. It focuses mainly on those policies related to quantitative and qualitative reproduction. The notion of a desirable population for an integrated national community...

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Autor principal: Biernat, Carolina
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Estudios Históricos Profesor Carlos S. A. Segreti 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuarioceh/article/view/23027
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Sumario:This paper studies the impact of the populationist ideology in the process of definition of social policies during the interwar period. It focuses mainly on those policies related to quantitative and qualitative reproduction. The notion of a desirable population for an integrated national community operates as a framework to pressure the state, to debate about the most convenient regulations and its is the one that the specialists invoke to define public policy. The specific goal of this article is to analyze the ideas, actors and institutions present in this debate. The article focuses on those actors who are concerned about the role of the state on the quantitative and qualitative growth of the population, and on its healthy survival.