Abstract

RODRIGUEZ, Darío. The new democratic leaders: Carlos Menem and Néstor Kirchner in a comparative perspective. Temas debates (En línea) [online]. 2014, n.28, pp.31-54. ISSN 1853-984X.

In view of the increasingly important role of leaders in contemporary democracies, we propose a comparative analysis of the constitutive processes of the presidential leaderships of Carlos Menem and Nestor Kirchner. This work thus seeks to question and characterize the processes by which both political figures legitimized their authority positions. Our assessment is two-fold: a first dimension examines the historical and institutional contexts in which their political actions were embedded. A second dimension alludes to the production and mobilisation of a political imaginary. Based on these elements, we will identify both the continuities and turning points that defined the constitutive processes for both leaderships, starting with their nominations as Presidents and extending until the holding of the first midterm legislative elections for each administration.

Keywords : Leadership; Representation; Argentina; Peronismo; Menem; Kirchner.

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