Till death do as apart? Kirchnerism, neodevelopmentalism and the struggle for hegemony in Argentina, 2003-2015

FÉLIZ, MARIANO

The Three Worlds of Social Democracy: A Global View from the Heartlands to the Periphery

Pluto Press

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2016;

The chapter is organized as follows. First, we present the basis of neoliberal crisis and the transition into neodevelopmentalism. We then show how Kirchnerism became the political force in office and attended to the need to build legitimacy and hegemony. This process required the neutralization of the potential destabilizing effect of unfettered popular struggles. Third, we explain how the neodevelopmentalist project entered into crisis as its barriers grew and its limits became evident. We also analyze the way in which Kirchnerism tried to displace such barriers without attempting to surpass those limits. Afterwards, we show how the crisis on neodevelopmentalism turned into a transitional crisis for Kirchnerism (a crisis for its own transcendence and survival, as it attempted to remain in the government).