Why Did Argentina Democratize In 1983?

Argentina has undergone several democratic periods. From 1946 to 1955, Argentina practiced democracy under President Juan Perón. From 1973 to 1976, Argentina elects Hector Campora to the presidency and soon after Juan Perón. When Perón died his third wife Isabel succeeds him. Argentina then returns to democracy in 1983 under President Raul Alfonsin and it has not deviated since. The longest democratic period Argentina has experienced is the present. Before 1983 Argentina could not practice democracy for more than nine years before becoming susceptible to a military coup. Why did Argentina democratize in 1983? Argentina became a democracy through the exogenous theory of democratization. The military lost its legitimacy in the face of the public because of the Falklands War and the Dirty War and was no longer able to bring down civilian rule, like it had done in the past with the other democracy attempts in 1946 and 1973. Argentines were able to foster strong political organizations and unions that allowed for political activism and mobilization. Therefore, in response to repression and the delegitimizing of the military Argentine collective action fostered democratization.
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As mentioned by_____ “we would thus expect to observe democracies to appear randomly with regard to levels of development, but to die in the poorer countries and survive in the wealthier ones,” if in accordance with exogenous theory. However, Argentina is not one of the wealthier democracies. Therefore, there are other determinants in how democracy came about in Argentina. Argentina’s military junta was repressive and unstable, and did not solve the economic crisis. It also could not stand the strong political mobilization of political groups and labor unions. These factors made the regime collapse and allowed for democratization, however still at the facilitation of the military