Atlas / Organisations / Kirchnerism
Kirchnerism
2003– · Argentina · Left Populist · Movement · coding confidence medium
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
State-led redistribution, national sovereignty against creditors, mobilised popular movements.
Economic model
Price controls, export taxes, renationalised oil and pensions, large subsidy regime, chronic inflation.
Organisation of powers
Elected; conflicts with courts, the press and the central bank's independence.
Reading note
The current mainstream of the Peronist movement, which the atlas codes separately from Peronism itself for this reason.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −06
Coded −6: renationalisation, price controls and export taxes.
- Documented act or statuteYPF was renationalised in 2012 and private pension funds taken into the state system in 2008.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +01
Coded +1: economically left and socially mixed, with same-sex marriage legalised in 2010.
- Documented act or statuteArgentina was the first Latin American country to legalise same-sex marriage, in 2010.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +05
Coded +5: conflicts with courts, the press and the central bank's independence.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2009 media law and repeated attempts to reform the judicial council were the principal instruments.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +05
Coded +5: federal transfers used to discipline provinces.
- Documented act or statuteDiscretionary transfers were concentrated on aligned provincial governments.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +02
Coded +2: nationalist against creditors, without an ancestral criterion.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2003 restructuring and the conflict with holdout creditors defined the frame.
CH · Method and tempo · scored −01
Coded −1: electoral, with organised movement mobilisation.
- Documented act or statuteLost the presidency in 2015 and regained it in 2019 by election.
Where it came from, and what came after
- is a continuation ofPeronism
The same party again, back at the original end.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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