Democrats’ mistakes and the birth of authoritarian rule: ramón s. castillo and the fall of conservative democracy in Argentina

Abstract: On 4 June 1943, a military coup crushed Argentina’s democracy, marking the end of the oligarchic era and ‘planting the seeds’ of Peronism. This case sheds light on how rulers’ mistakes can operate as a key independent variable in producing regime changes. We argue that the former conser...

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Autores principales: Taccone, Nicolás, López, Ignacio Alejandro
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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ANALISIS POLITICO
DEMOCRACIA
AUTORITARISMO
CRISIS POLITICA
REGIMEN DE GOBIERNO
Castillo, Ramón S. (Ramón Santiago), 1873-1944
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spelling I33-R139-123456789-170702023-09-06T05:02:02Z Democrats’ mistakes and the birth of authoritarian rule: ramón s. castillo and the fall of conservative democracy in Argentina Taccone, Nicolás López, Ignacio Alejandro ANALISIS POLITICO DEMOCRACIA AUTORITARISMO CRISIS POLITICA REGIMEN DE GOBIERNO Castillo, Ramón S. (Ramón Santiago), 1873-1944 Abstract: On 4 June 1943, a military coup crushed Argentina’s democracy, marking the end of the oligarchic era and ‘planting the seeds’ of Peronism. This case sheds light on how rulers’ mistakes can operate as a key independent variable in producing regime changes. We argue that the former conservative president, Ramón S. Castillo, provoked an otherwise avoidable democratic breakdown. Specifically, Castillo’s misguided relationships with regime insiders and outsiders unintentionally eroded political stability and triggered the fall of democracy. Until now, agent-based scholarship has fallen short in tracing incumbents’ mistakes and linking them to regime-change processes. We test the argument by conducting a within-case analysis of Argentina’s democratic fall in the early 1940s, scrutinising the president’s errors at five critical events. We conclude that critical-event analysis can help disentangle the role of leaders’ mistakes in other episodes of regime change. 2023-09-05T18:25:34Z 2023-09-05T18:25:34Z 2023 Artículo Taccone, N., López, I. A. Democrats’ mistakes and the birth of authoritarian rule: ramón s. castillo and the fall of conservative democracy in Argentina [en línea]. Journal of Latin American Studies. 2023 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X23000597. Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/17070 0022-216X 1469-767X (online) https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/17070 10.1017/S0022216X23000597 eng Acceso abierto http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Argentina SIGLO XX Cambridge University Press Journal of Latin American Studies. 2023
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topic ANALISIS POLITICO
DEMOCRACIA
AUTORITARISMO
CRISIS POLITICA
REGIMEN DE GOBIERNO
Castillo, Ramón S. (Ramón Santiago), 1873-1944
spellingShingle ANALISIS POLITICO
DEMOCRACIA
AUTORITARISMO
CRISIS POLITICA
REGIMEN DE GOBIERNO
Castillo, Ramón S. (Ramón Santiago), 1873-1944
Taccone, Nicolás
López, Ignacio Alejandro
Democrats’ mistakes and the birth of authoritarian rule: ramón s. castillo and the fall of conservative democracy in Argentina
topic_facet ANALISIS POLITICO
DEMOCRACIA
AUTORITARISMO
CRISIS POLITICA
REGIMEN DE GOBIERNO
Castillo, Ramón S. (Ramón Santiago), 1873-1944
description Abstract: On 4 June 1943, a military coup crushed Argentina’s democracy, marking the end of the oligarchic era and ‘planting the seeds’ of Peronism. This case sheds light on how rulers’ mistakes can operate as a key independent variable in producing regime changes. We argue that the former conservative president, Ramón S. Castillo, provoked an otherwise avoidable democratic breakdown. Specifically, Castillo’s misguided relationships with regime insiders and outsiders unintentionally eroded political stability and triggered the fall of democracy. Until now, agent-based scholarship has fallen short in tracing incumbents’ mistakes and linking them to regime-change processes. We test the argument by conducting a within-case analysis of Argentina’s democratic fall in the early 1940s, scrutinising the president’s errors at five critical events. We conclude that critical-event analysis can help disentangle the role of leaders’ mistakes in other episodes of regime change.
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López, Ignacio Alejandro
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López, Ignacio Alejandro
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title Democrats’ mistakes and the birth of authoritarian rule: ramón s. castillo and the fall of conservative democracy in Argentina
title_short Democrats’ mistakes and the birth of authoritarian rule: ramón s. castillo and the fall of conservative democracy in Argentina
title_full Democrats’ mistakes and the birth of authoritarian rule: ramón s. castillo and the fall of conservative democracy in Argentina
title_fullStr Democrats’ mistakes and the birth of authoritarian rule: ramón s. castillo and the fall of conservative democracy in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Democrats’ mistakes and the birth of authoritarian rule: ramón s. castillo and the fall of conservative democracy in Argentina
title_sort democrats’ mistakes and the birth of authoritarian rule: ramón s. castillo and the fall of conservative democracy in argentina
publisher Cambridge University Press
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