The developmental state is dead, long live the developmental regime! Interpreting Néstor Kirchner's Argentina 2003–2007

• Published in: Journal of international relations and development Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 191 - 219
• Main Author: Wylde, Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.04.2014; Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: Area Studies; Argentina; Colleges & universities; Crisis management; Development; Development Studies; Economic crisis; Industrial policy; International finance; International Relations; Latin America; Management; Neoliberalism; Political Economy; Political regimes; Political Science and International Relations; Political Science and International Studies; Politics; Populism; Society; Theory; Argentina; Latin America; political economy; Argentina; developmental state; developmental regime
• ISSN: 1408-6980; 1581-1980
• DOI: 10.1057/jird.2012.32

The post-crisis administration of Néstor Kirchner (2003–2007) saw significant changes in the political economy of Argentina. After characterising these changes this article attempts to place the evidence within an appropriate meta-theoretical interpretation. The article concludes that while elements of historical forms of political economy exist in Néstor Kirchner's regime — elements of populism, elements of neoliberalism — in its entirety, one must look to other explanations not traditionally associated with Latin America, that is, the developmental regime. Such a conclusion facilitates both an enhanced understanding of post-crisis Argentine political economy, and an opportunity to further develop a developmental regime approach.