During the 1861-1930 period, Argentina was under a virtual gold-exchange standard regime in the 1867-1876; 1883-1884 and, 1900-1913 years. In the remaining periods, a managed paper standard was in place, always with the ...

En este trabajo se exponen algunas de las conclusiones preliminares de una investigación más amplia acerca de la práctica del veto durante las presidencias de Alfonsín y Menem. La lectura comparativa de los datos referidos ...

La Unión Cívica Radical (UCR) se fundó en 1891 en oposición al partido oficial, el Partido Autonomista Nacional (PAN). El presente ensayo analiza los principios ideológicos sostenidos por la UCR, los cuales generaron ...

Tras evaluar críticamente los diversos usos teóricos que en el campo de estudios latinoamericanos se le ha dado al concepto de sociedad civil, el trabajo se concentra en el análisis de los aspectos institucionales del ...

Since the mid-eighties many Latin American countries have been involved in a process of trade liberalization. The direct consequence of this liberalization was a strong increase in international trade flows between these ...

La década de 1850 muestra, por un lado un proceso de estabilización de la moneda corriente, o de recuperación relativa de su precio respecto del oro y, por el otro, un proceso de instalación o creación de instituciones ...

The author distinguishes metaphysical from practical communitarianism, and within the latter he sorts out three different varieties, viz value-, ethical, and techno-legal outlooks. Metaphysical communitarianism is alleged ...

The paper explores the shifting 'strength' attributed to markets in some key texts of Latin American political discourse. To both Bourbon reformers and mid-nineteenth century liberals, the market was a weak agent unable ...

This paper analyses the nature of the electorate of the city of Buenos Aires at the turn of the century. It challenges received views on the city's political life arguing that electoral participation was growing at a fast ...

Exports have been often singled out as a key determinants of fast and sustainable rise in per capita income. In this paper we revisit this export-led growth hypothesis (ELGH). From an empirical point of view we study ...