Factional disputes and courts in Argentine provinces: Misiones under the Frente Renovador (2003-2011)

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Keywords:

Factional disputes, subnational politics, supreme courts, democracy, Argentina

Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of the political mechanisms through which politics is disputed and resolved at the provincial level in Argentina. Specifically, it suggests that rival factions dispute political control of the provincial territory, among other mechanisms, through struggles for the control of institutional power arenas that are beyond the executive and the legislature, such as the Superior Court, even though elective powers (executive and legislative) are the center of that dispute. These mechanisms are part of the repertoire of actions that all relevant political actors display at the provincial level.

Published

2016-11-28