Authoritarianism and developmentalism framing 'progressive' governments in Mexico and Argentina

MATUTE DURÁN, INÉS; FÉLIZ, MARIANO

Global Authoritarianism. Perspectives and Contestations from the South

transcript Verlag :: International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies

Año: 2022; p. 1 - 30

This chapter discusses how authoritarianism and (neo)developmentalismin progressive governments are ingrained within the State form to ensure capitalaccumulation. Through the current experiences of Mexico and Argentina, it showshow the practices, strategies and policies of these governments promote –byaction or omission– the exploitation and plundering of peoples and territorieswhile producing a reactionary and authoritarian socio-political discourse.@font-face{font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;mso-font-charset:0;mso-generic-font-family:roman;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-unhide:no;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:"";margin:0cm;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}.MsoChpDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;mso-default-props:yes;font-size:11.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN;}.MsoPapDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;line-height:115%;}div.WordSection1{page:WordSection1;}