Abstract

MACOR, Darío  and  PIAZZESI, Susana. Poder legislativo y democracia electoral: Santa Fe, 1912-1930. Rev. hist. am. argent. [online]. 2012, vol.47, n.2. ISSN 2314-1549 .

This paper puts the focus on the legislative front of a subnational state, the province of Santa Fe, in the period of electoral democracy that opens with the sanction, nationally, of Sáenz Peña electoral law in 1912, and culminates with the first coup in Argentina. Throughout these years the province will be governed by the Radical Party want to analyze: 1. the composition of the legislature trying to establish to what extent the political staff circulates, is renewed or if what prevails is the presence of a political elite that insists on remaining in their seats throughout the study period, 2. major legislative agenda items 3. permeability of the legislative institution and its members to the social and political conflicts of those years.

Keywords : Radicalismo; Santa Fe; Legislature; Political professionalization.