| List of Tables | p. x |
| List of Graphs | p. xi |
| List of Abbreviations | p. xii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Evaluating the functioning of new democracies | p. 3 |
| The book | p. 8 |
| A working definition of privatization | p. 10 |
| Analytical concerns | p. 11 |
| The organization of the book | p. 15 |
| The Argentine Presidential System | p. 16 |
| Introduction | p. 16 |
| The presidential features of the regime | p. 16 |
| On presidential powers | p. 17 |
| Historical developments | p. 21 |
| Parties and groups | p. 24 |
| The state | p. 26 |
| The 1983 democratic political regime | p. 28 |
| Parties and party system | p. 30 |
| Parties and Congress | p. 34 |
| 1994 constitutional reform | p. 37 |
| Conclusion | p. 39 |
| The legislative process | p. 41 |
| Privatizations in Alfonsin's Agenda | p. 43 |
| Introduction | p. 43 |
| The Argentine state in the 1980s | p. 44 |
| Privatization in the president's agenda | p. 47 |
| The beginning of democracy | p. 48 |
| The Austral Plan | p. 51 |
| Attempting structural reforms | p. 54 |
| The privatization bills in Congress | p. 56 |
| The Radical Party | p. 57 |
| The Peronist Party | p. 60 |
| Other opposition forces | p. 62 |
| Conclusion | p. 66 |
| Privatizations in Menem's Agenda | p. 70 |
| Introduction | p. 70 |
| The hyperinflation context of 1989 | p. 71 |
| The outbreak of the crisis | p. 72 |
| The Peronist presidential candidate | p. 73 |
| The presidential transition | p. 76 |
| Building presidential power | p. 77 |
| The great turnaround | p. 77 |
| The social supports | p. 79 |
| The institutional resources | p. 82 |
| The delegation of power | p. 82 |
| The delegative laws in Congress | p. 85 |
| Furthering presidential resources | p. 86 |
| Necessity and urgency decrees | p. 86 |
| The Supreme Court | p. 87 |
| Inside the presidential branch | p. 89 |
| Conclusion | p. 91 |
| Public enterprises included in the State Reform Bill Appendix | p. 93 |
| Privatization and Political Parties | p. 95 |
| Introduction | p. 95 |
| The privatization programme | p. 97 |
| The privatization bills | p. 99 |
| Political parties and privatization bills | p. 103 |
| The Peronist Party | p. 105 |
| The Radical Party | p. 112 |
| The third parties | p. 117 |
| Conclusion | p. 121 |
| Graph 5.1 and Graph 5.2 | p. 122 |
| Enterprises included in the bill for the privatization of the assets of the defence establishment | p. 123 |
| The Institutional Dynamics of Privatization | p. 124 |
| Introduction | p. 124 |
| Congress and the privatization bills | p. 125 |
| The cooperative phase | p. 128 |
| Presidential weapons | p. 128 |
| The congressional amendments | p. 132 |
| Electricity and gas | p. 133 |
| Privatizing the oil company | p. 137 |
| Privatizing military assets | p. 141 |
| Transforming pensions | p. 143 |
| The president's response | p. 149 |
| Conclusion | p. 153 |
| President, Congress, and Privatizations after Re-election | p. 155 |
| Introduction | p. 155 |
| The contextual conditions for privatization | p. 157 |
| Privatization bills after re-election | p. 160 |
| The cases of cooperation | p. 163 |
| The cases of conflict | p. 165 |
| The post-office privatization | p. 165 |
| The airports privatization | p. 171 |
| The Executive's response | p. 173 |
| Conclusion | p. 177 |
| Conclusion | p. 179 |
| President, Congress, and the policy of privatization | p. 180 |
| A role for Congress? | p. 187 |
| Notes | p. 194 |
| Bibliography | p. 220 |
| Index | p. 229 |
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