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About Celia Szusterman

Celia Szusterman is the designated director of the Latin America Programme at the Institute for Statecraft. She was principal lecturer in Spanish and Latin American studies at the University of Westminster; is a senior member of St Antony's College, Oxford; associate fellow of the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London; and a trustee of the UK board of Pro-Mujer. Her publications include Frondizi and the Politics of Developmentalism in Argentina, 1955-62 (Macmillan/University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993), revised as Frondizi o la política del desconcierto (Emecé Argentina, 1996); and “‘Que se Vayan Todos!’ The Struggle for Democratic Party Politics in Contemporary Argentina”, in Paul Webb & Stephen White, eds., Party Politics in New Democracies [Oxford University Press, 2007])

 

Articles by Celia Szusterman

Tuesday 26th July

Argentina: democracy by default

The successive presidencies of Néstor and Cristina Kirchner are marked by a determined effort to put the state and its capacity for co-option and patronage at the centre of Argentina’s political landscape. The fate of the human-rights group the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo casts light on how this ambition is being realised, says Celia Szusterman   
Wednesday 24th March

Argentina y las Malvinas: in search of reality

The revival of Argentina’s dispute with Britain over the south Atlantic island territory owes much to the political character of Cristina Kirchner’s government. But it also reveals the distance travelled since the war of 1982, says Celia Szusterman.
Monday 13th July

Argentina's broken polity

The powerful Kirchner couple's rule is also the story of a degraded new form of “democracy”
Friday 19th December

Argentina: celebrating democracy

A generation of civilian rule is an achievement, but rooted flaws in Argentina's polity remain
Wednesday 30th January

Pulp friction: the Argentina-Uruguay conflict

A conflict between Latin American neighbours with global dimensions
Monday 29th October

Argentina’s new president: Kirchner after Kirchner

There's a Buenos Aires shadow over the power-couple's success

Tuesday 17th July

The Kirchner model: king and queen penguin

The campaign of Argentina's "first lady" Cristina Kirchner to succeed her husband Nèstor as president is a political fix
Tuesday 3rd April

Argentina's mirror: the causa Malvinas

The south Atlantic islands fought over in 1982 have played a key part in the formation of Argentina's national identity. The Malvinas "cause" thus illuminates the complexities of modern Argentinean nationalism, says Celia Szusterman.
Wednesday 31st May

Latin America's eroding democracy: the view from Argentina

The real Latin America story in 2006 is not of a revived, solidaristic left but of a resurgent, divisive populism that is corroding public life, reports Celia Szusterman in Argentina.
Tuesday 25th October

Argentina: the state we're in

Argentina's president, Néstor Kirchner, has gained the mandate he sought in the 23 October legislative elections. But the results also carry a message about the condition of Argentinean democracy itself, says Celia Szusterman.
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