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Political Forces in Argentina, Third Edition
Political Forces in Argentina Third Edition Author:Peter G. Snow, Luigi Manzetti This is a revised and updated edition of Snow's classic study of Argentine politics. The work is at the same time a description and analysis of the role played by Argentina's major political actors: the political parties, the armed forces, labor unions, the Catholic Church, and students. Their traditional roles are examined, but emphasis is plac... more »ed on the part they have played since publication of the last edition of the work in 1979, especially the dramatic transition to democracy beginning in 1983. Snow and his new co-author, Manzetti, are slightly more optimistic than most analysts, and believe that Argentina's major political actors may have finally decided that authoritarian regimes are not to their--or Argentina's--advantage.« less