POLI 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Corporatism, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
13 May 2018
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POLI319: Friday January 19th, 2018
Populism Cont.
Image of Juan Peron (1895-1974)
Pero’s Golde Years
- elected to power in 1946
- Support in Labor Party, some sectors of the army and the Catholic Church
- Expands Argentinian industry, social welfare benefits (exemplifies this support of the working
class, lower rungs of society broadly)
- When economy going well tends to be a source of support for them and that tends to make a
majority of people regard them favorably, tends to be true whether economic success is due to
the leader’s poliies or hether it is happeig aa separate fro poli
- Strong economy helps Peron
- He was very popular in those times, viewed as an international figure
Good Times in Buenos Aires
- Often gave speeches from presidential quarter in Buenos Aires
- Would wave to the crowd and would appear with his extremely popular wife
- Role of his wife (Eva Peron) in boosting his image and giving Argentinians Camelot (golden era
of the charismatic stage with charismatic family ex: JFK and Jackie Kennedy with their cute
children)
- Appealed to his popularity
- Photogenic presence in Argentinean politics which had an emotional charge even today
Image of Eva Duarte Peron
- died very young by cancer
- died tragically at a young age and she would accompany Peron on tours abroad and within
country and garnered much popularity to the point where she came the subject of a play Evita
(film where she was played by Madonna)
Controlling Labour
- Peron creates General Directorate of Labor and Direct Social Action an organization (DGTASD)
acronym in Spanish; to control all aspects of labor and union politics
- This was a ministry or directorate within govt. responsible for overseeing labor and with which
you needed to register if you wanted to form a union
- Unionization was illegal in Latin America so Peron came in and welcomed the formation of
unions which brought much political support to his side
- Then he said you are free to unionize but you must register with this directorate which
controls all aspects of labour and union politics
- Basically, workers were free to organize but not outside of the state
- Unions had to register under the General Confederation of Labor (govt.)
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Document Summary
Support in labor party, some sectors of the army and the catholic church. Expands argentinian industry, social welfare benefits (exemplifies this support of the working class, lower rungs of society broadly) He was very popular in those times, viewed as an international figure. Often gave speeches from presidential quarter in buenos aires. Would wave to the crowd and would appear with his extremely popular wife. Role of his wife (eva peron) in boosting his image and giving argentinians camelot (golden era of the charismatic stage with charismatic family ex: jfk and jackie kennedy with their cute children) Photogenic presence in argentinean politics which had an emotional charge even today. Peron creates general directorate of labor and direct social action an organization (dgtasd) acronym in spanish; to control all aspects of labor and union politics. This was a ministry or directorate within govt. responsible for overseeing labor and with which you needed to register if you wanted to form a union.
