What I found particularly interesting this week was Jon’s discussion of the social contract, and how, in the face of such a fragmented and almost lawless society (especially in the countryside and remote outposts), such a concept that we take … Continue reading →
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What I found particularly interesting this week was Jon’s discussion of the social contract, and how, in the face of such a fragmented and almost lawless society (especially in the countryside and remote outposts), such a concept that we take … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 5 | Tagged with caudillos, disenfranchisement, Echeverría, Hobbes, Leviathan, liberalism, mazorcas, populism, Rosas, social contract
Video by Madeleine Deis, Christine Joy Ganase, Frances Perry, and Stephanie Steevie
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Caudillismo in Latin America developed when political consensus post independence disappeared. Politics was governed by the elite and policy was not appropriate in newly independent countries. Seeing this vacuum in political power, authority, and direction; caudillos were the next logical step in the political development in many of these countries. Argentina got Juan Manuel de […]
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