Abstract

PIZZORNO, Pablo. Traditions in crisis: the anti-Peronist discussions on electoral abstention (1952-1955). Rev. Pilquen. secc. cienc. soc. [online]. 2020, vol.23, n.3, pp.89-101. ISSN 1851-3123.

Opposition forces in first Peronism are still relatively unexplored by historical research. This is most evident in the second presidency of Perón, when the polarization between officialism and opposition increases. This work traces the discussions within the Radical Civic Union and the Democratic Party, which were crossed transversally by a debate about how to face politically the Peronist government. In both parties there were sectors that demanded to adopt electoral abstention and to leave parliamentary seats in order to deny the legality of the government, while other internal groups, for different reasons, decided to preserve institutional participation. These tensions anticipate the divisions on anti-Peronist parties after the fall of Peronism in 1955. This work relates the debates of both parties with the radicalization process between Peronism and anti-Peronism in their last years of government, either in the increasing governmental restrictions or in the growing preference of the opposition parties for extra-institucional strategies.

Keywords : Peronism; Anti-Peronism; Radicalization; Political identities.

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