Welfare state crisis and neo-liberal imposition in Argentina. The administrations of Menem and Alfonsin

Abstract

The main aim of this piece is to explain the reasons why there was no continuity in Argentina's economic policy. The political immaturity in the practice of democracy in Argentina led to a bipartisan system as the only way to achieve institutional stability. Both political lines, how-ever, have in their ideas and actions certain concepts and procedures that are inherent to Argentina's unstable political situation.welfare state, neo-liberalism, Argentina’s economic policy, democracy