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Description

1. xiii, 188 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "In 1983, following a military dictatorship that left thousands dead and disappeared and the economy in ruins, Raul Alfonsin was elected president of Argentina on the strength of his pledge to prosecute the armed forces for their crimes and restore a measure of material well-being to Argentine lives. Food, housing, and full employment became the litmus tests of the new democracy. In Search of the Lost Decade reconsiders Argentina's transition to democracy by examining the everyday meanings of rights and the lived experience of democratic return, far beyond the ballot box and corridors of power. Beginning with promises to eliminate hunger and ending with food shortages and burning supermarkets, Jennifer Adair provides an in-depth account of the Alfonsin government's unfulfilled projects to ensure basic needs against the backdrop of a looming neoliberal world order. As it moves from the presidential palace to the streets, this original book offers a compelling reinterpretation of post-dictatorship Argentina and Latin America's so-called lost decade"--

Subject

1. Argentina
2. Since 1983
3. Social conditions
4. Politics and government
5. Economic history
6. Argentina > Economic conditions > 1983-
7. Argentina > Social conditions > 1983-
8. Argentina > Politics and government > 1983-2002

Contents

1. The breakdown of authoritarian rule -- The campaign for a democratic Argentina -- "With democracy one eats": the Programa Alimentario Nacional -- "Chernobyl chickens": economic planning and the Caso Mazzoron -- "Dear Mr. President": the transition in letters -- Democratic pasts, neoliberal futures: hyperinflation and the road to austerity -- Epilogue: carrying forward the promise of 1983.

Call number

1. JFE 20-2899

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Adair, Jennifer, 1977- author.

Title

1. In search of the lost decade : everyday rights in post-dictatorship Argentina / Jennifer Adair.

Publisher

1. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]

Copyright date

1. ©2020

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological term

1. Since 1983

Other form:

1. Online version: Adair, Jennifer Ann, 1977- In search of the lost decade Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] 9780520973282 (DLC) 2019980965

LCCN

1. 2019019904

Other standard identifier

1. 40029601076

ISBN

1. 9780520305175 (cloth)
2. 0520305175
3. 9780520305182 (paperback)
4. 0520305183
5. 9780520973282 (ebook)

Research call number

1. JFE 20-2899