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Industrial Trade Associations in Argentine Politics: Historical Roots and Current Prospects *

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2015

John W. Freels Jr.
John W. Freels Jr.*
Affiliation:
University of Florida Gainesville, Florida
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The Industrial trade association movement in Argentina is split into two rival organizations: the Argentine Industrial Union (U. I. A., and the Confederation of Industry (C. I.), a component of the General Economic Confederation (C. G. E.). The U. I. A. represents primarily Buenos Aires interests, the C. I./C. G. E. (hereafter the Confederation) primarily industrialists of interior provinces. As such the schism between the two reflects political and economic divisions which have characterized Argentina since the nation originally freed itself from the Spanish crown.

This study traces the historical background of hostility between the U. I. A. and the Confederation to determine whether the split is as irreparable as both sides claim. Has the future of the Argentine industrial sector been foreclosed by polemics arising from the nation’s peronista past?

Type
Research Article
Information
The Americas , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , October 1970 , pp. 137 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Academy of American Franciscan History 1970

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Footnotes

*

Dr. Ronald H. Chilcote, University of California, Riverside (UCR), and Alberto Ciria, formerly of the University of Buenos Aires, assisted in both the initial design and subsequent execution of this study. Field research in Argentina (1967-68) was supported by the Organization of American States, the Pan American Foundation, and both the Department of Political Science and Academic Senate of U. C.R.

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