Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Part I. Introduction; 1. The Crisis of 2001 and Argentine Democracy; Part II. Causes of the Crisis; 2. The Democratic Process in Argentina; 3. Police, Politics, and Society in the Province of Buenos Aires; 4. The Costs of the Convertibility Plan: The Economic and Social Effects of Financial Hegemony; Part III. Citizen Responses; 5. The Piquetero Movement in Greater Buenos Aires: Political Protests by the Unemployed Poor During the Crisis
6. Political Mobilization in Neighborhood Assemblies: The Cases of Villa Crespo and Palermo7. Middle-Class Use of Barter Clubs: A Real Alternative or Just Survival?; Part IV. The Forces of Order During the Crisis; 8. Crisis, Democracy, and the Military in Argentina; 9. The Gendarmerie's Response to Social Protest in Argentina; Part V. State and Foreign Responses; 10. In the Name of the People: The Possibilities and Limits of a Government Relying on Public Opinion; 11. The Argentine Political Crisis and Necessary Institutional Reform
12. Will Foreign Allies Help? Argentina's Relations with Brazil and the United StatesBibliography; Index; About the Contributors
Summary
This collection examines Argentina's recent economic and political crisis by looking at the events leading up to the crisis, the reaction by both security forces and the people, and the relations between Argentina and its foreign allies. Finally the book looks to the future, asking how this crisis will affect the nation
