THE UNPRECEDENTED crisis in Argentina in late 2001 and early 2002 posed a serious threat to the country's democratic stability. This essay focuses the consequences of the crisis to the Argentinean political party system. It analyzes how, at odds with most forecasts, the existing parties did not implode as a result of the multiple collapse. It also seeks to analyze the gradual changes that took place in the political scene, particularly as a consequence of the President Kirchner's new policies. And it presents an outline of possible developments in the country's party system after this year's October elections (the essay was written before the political rallies).
Political Parties; Crisis; Continuity; Change; Peronism; Center-Right; Center-Left; Elections; Kirchner
