Colección is a publication that aims to foster the development and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the field of national and international politics. The journal adopts a broad vision of this intellectual field, recognizing and including the different disciplines and theoretical perspectives from which this reality can be approached. We believe that each of these can make a unique and valuable contribution to scientific research. Thus, inspired by the worldview that animates the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina and open to pluralistic and critical debate, the journal seeks to contribute to reflection and a greater commitment to the common good. The publication is aimed at researchers and academics in the field of social sciences, university libraries, research centers, and other academic institutions that cultivate the scientific study of politics and international relations. It also aims to reach a wider audience of diplomats, legislators, political analysts, and the specialized press, with a view to informing the theoretical and practical debate in our society.
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales
Por qué es tan difícil gobernar Argentina: y cómo nuestros presidentes y coaliciones podrían hacerlo mejor, by Macos Novaro
Copyright (c) 2025 Fernando Domínguez Sardou https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The European Union in the global transition: the challenges of its agenda with Latin America and the Caribbean
This paper addresses the global role of the European Union (EU) in the context of the changing world order following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an event that has reconfigured the dynamics of security and international cooperation. The EU faces the need to become a credible regional power, capable of ensuring its strategic autonomy and fostering a global agenda that refocuses its relations with Latin America. A new agenda of EU global projection, if properly managed, could strengthen its position both internally and externally, providing a solid foundation for its influence in an international system transitioning toward multipolarity. In this regard, the article not only explores the limitations and opportunities of the rules-based international order but also assesses the potential for deeper cooperation with Latin America as a model of global connectivity that could benefit both regions without provoking countermeasures from global powers such as the United States or China.
Copyright (c) 2025 Péter Rada, Laura Nyilas, Ariel González Levaggi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The student movement and the University Reform. A view from Argentine communism in the 1930's
The University Reform, and the reformist movement in general, became an anchor of reference in Argentine political, cultural and intellectual life from its origins, giving rise to a rich historiographical elaboration on the subject. However, in the context of that subject, the action of the communists in that dynamic was less specifically dealt with, despite having obtained a certain relevance in that milieu. In response to this gap, this article analyses the transformations in the discourse and repertoires of action of the Communist Party of Argentina (CP) in the university student movement in its links with the University Reform and the reformist tradition during the 1930s. It highlights how the CP, which since the late 1920s had been strongly critical of that tradition, changed its approach after the implementation of the Popular Front policy in 1935.
Copyright (c) 2025 Gabriel Omar Piro Mittelman https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Food distribution: Human Right, charity or Marxism? Representations of the National Food Programme (1983-1989)
This article analyses the representations constructed around the National Food Programme (PAN) (1983-1989), whose aim was to reduce hunger and malnutrition in the post-dictatorship period. It describes the positions of different political and social actors on the PAN: government officials, political parties, the main media and police intelligence in the Province of Buenos Aires. The representations of these actors show that the state's social intervention in the post-dictatorship period was perceived in different ways: as charity, political clientelism, corruption and as a threat to social order. Even so, the government and experts linked to these policies tried to begin to install the concept that social benefits were a human right that had been violated by the dictatorship.
Copyright (c) 2025 Florencia Osuna https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The schools of Indian foreign policy: identity, power, and pragmatism
This article explores the evolution of Indian foreign policy from independence to 2019, analyzing the influence of historical, ideological, and domestic factors on its international relations. The central question is how India's schools of foreign policy -Gandhianism, nonaligned developmentalism, Hindu nationalism, and neoliberal globalism- have shaped its role on the global stage. The research adopts a historical-analytical approach, examining primary sources such as government documents, speeches, and treaties, combined with secondary literature. The study proposed here posits that India's international behavior has been determined by its pursuit of global leadership, regional security and economic development, with each of the schools of foreign policy mentioned here contributing distinct strategies to these ends. This article proposes a nuanced understanding of how India negotiates its identity and power in a multipolar world.
Copyright (c) 2025 Mario Guillermo Guerrero https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Althusius and the concept of majestas: a preliminary study of its impact in International Relations
Johannes Althusius’ work is seminal in political theory, especially in the context of political and religious conflict in Europe. In Politica, he addresses key issues such as sovereignty, the internal organisation of states and the relations between them, with important implications for law and international relations. His notion of majestas/sovereignty reflects an evolution from the Middle Ages to Jean Bodin, seeking to define the supreme power of political communities. Althusius also distinguishes between full and non-full confederations, outlining a classification of how political communities can be grouped at the international level. His legacy remains relevant in studies on sovereignty, federalism, and political associations.
Copyright (c) 2025 Gerónimo Rocca Fontaiña https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Silvio Frondizi's political intervention towards the emergence of Peronismo in 1945
In this article we reconstruct and analyze the political intervention that Silvio Frondizi developed throughout 1945, in the context of the retreat of the military dictatorship established in 1943, the growth of the “democratic opposition” and the emergence of Peronism. With this objective, we describe, first of all, his previous career and the academic and intellectual networks through which he developed his career. Next, we focus on determining the ideological coordinates of his political philosophy, as it was displayed in his writings. Finally, we analyze the activity he carried out in 1945, which involved his first strictly political intervention. Our hypothesis is that his actions throughout this year, although not without their peculiarities, were part of the so-called "democratic opposition" that confronted both the military dictatorship headed by Edelmiro Farrell and the movement led by Juan Domingo Perón.
Copyright (c) 2025 Javier Díaz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Explanatory variables of satisfaction with democracy: a literature review
(Dis)satisfaction with democracy emerges as an indicator of public opinion that evaluates both the constitutive values of this system of government and the performance of the administration in power, which is why it becomes relevant to clarify which factors or elements cause such citizen perceptions. Support for the functioning of democracy is a fundamental element in the political future of a country or region, in addition to serving as a shield against the attacks of various threats that call into question the democratic regime. In this sense, the article presents a review of the literature around the main explanatory variables of satisfaction with democracy, with the purpose of serving as a starting point for those researchers who intend to continue analyzing this object of study.
Copyright (c) 2025 Marcelino Nieto Brizio https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Liberalismo y democracia en la Argentina. Claves históricas de una relación sinuosa, by Leandro Losada
Copyright (c) 2024 María Pollitzer https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Against the directory. State reform, privatizations and fiscal changes during the last dictatorship according to the account of Martínez de Hoz
This work analizes the books of memories and interviews of Martínez de Hoz to reconstruct his explanations regarding the reform of the State carried out during his administration. To carry out this objective, the article is divided into four parts. A first part, destined to explain the general spirit with which the reform of the State was sought. A second part, dedicated to analyze who were the main victims of these changes. A third part, that makes an analysis of the issue of privatization of public companies, while a fourth part will seek to account for the reforms with a view to the tax issue. Finally, this writing closes with some conclusions in this regard.
Copyright (c) 2024 Julián Zícari https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The intolerance of private property: freedom and critique of democracy in the Paleolibertarianism of Hans-Hermann Hoppe
The aim of this article is to explore the link between freedom and property rights in libertarian ideology. To this end, the thought of Hans-Hermann Hoppe will be examined in order to account for the mutually exclusive nature of democracy and a society based on the absolute right to property. In the process, we will address the delegitimizing implications of this conception for the values associated with pluralism and tolerance. Likewise, we will incorporate to our analysis the predominance that traditions acquire as mechanisms to safeguard and self-affirm a social order that enshrines the right to property, and by virtue of which the violent exclusion of those who pose a threat to such order is enabled. Finally, it will be argued that Hoppe's thought represents a radicalization of the theoretical postulates put forward by Murray Rothbard without implying a divergence from the libertarian ideology.
Copyright (c) 2024 Ignacio Ramírez Andrade https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Portales electrónicos, un nuevo foco para la participación ciudadana: caso Gobernación de Nariño, Colombia
This is the product of an investigation, which studies the relationship between citizen participation and electronic portals in the case of the Government of Nariño, Colombia 2017-2018, within the new development schemes of current democracies. The main objective is to establish the possibility of citizen participation based on the design of the electronic portal of the government of Nariño, with the specific objectives of identifying the regulations and characterizing the strategies that the portal incorporates. This document follows a descriptive methodological design based on data collection techniques: document analysis and the characterization of the electronic portal of the Government of Nariño. Among the results presented in the article is that the design of the electronic portal of the government of Nariño is built based on a quantity of information and data stored by the different agencies, regarding the public management processes they carry out daily.
Copyright (c) 2024 Lucero Cabrera Benavides, Jalal Nasif Arciniegas https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The subnational international policy of the Province of Buenos Aires between 2011-2019: changes and continuities during the governorships of Daniel Scioli and María Eugenia Vidal
The main aim of this paper is to carry out an analysis of the international participation of a subnational actor of relevant weight such as the Province of Buenos Aires (Argentina), during the term in office of Daniel Scioli (2011-2015) and María Eugenia Vidal (2015- 2019) as governor. In this way, the article seeks to contribute to the topic and delve deeper into the international politics of the Argentine provinces in contemporary periods. In this case, the paper tries to investigate the changes and continuities that were acquired in the Province of Buenos Aires and in administrations with different characteristics, in relation to the topics addressed, guidelines followed and the tools used to achieve them. To do this, the case study methodology and bibliographic and digital document analysis are used.
Copyright (c) 2024 Juan Facundo Carcedo, Delfina Sol Campanella https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
A Diplomatic History of US Immigration during the 20th Century. Policy, Law and National Identity, by Benjamin C. Montoya
Copyright (c) 2025 Juan Martín Garese https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
'What is the IMF?' Symbolic power and supranational bureaucracy: the relationship with Argentina (2018-2023)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is one of the most debated international organizations, but its definition lacks consensus. This article addresses the question "What is the IMF?" from the sociological perspective of Pierre Bourdieu, analyzing how actors with experience in the relationship between the IMF and a debtor country define it. Based on 26 interviews with Argentine government officials and IMF members involved in Argentina's indebtedness (2018-2023), key elements of its symbolic power, linked to its bureaucratic nature, are identified. Two dimensions stand out: universality, expressed in its claim to neutrality and promotion of universal values, and temporality, reflected in its historical recognition and its influence on the temporal structure of indebted countries. It is concluded that bureaucracy employs specific mechanisms, such as appealing to self-interest and appropriating temporality, to consolidate power.
Copyright (c) 2025 Germán Ricci, Horacio Divito https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Catterberg updated: changes and continuities in Argentine political culture 40 years after the restoration of democracy
What was the state of public opinion in the context of democratic recovery? What were the predominant imaginings around the political system and the power actors in the context of the transition to democracy? What social expectations governed after the authoritarian collapse? In a context of profound political and social realignments, Edgardo Catterberg (1989) offers a precise cartography of the political culture of Argentines in the context of democratic opening. Now, what changes and continuities are there in Argentine political culture 40 years after the democratic recovery? What answers do the questions raised above have today? To do so, we return to the specialized literature on the subject to detect continuities and ruptures with the present. We contrast the findings of these studies with different public opinion reports: the Social Beliefs Program of the Pulsar UBA Observatory, Latinobarómetro and the Barómetro de las Américas of LAPOP/Vanderbilt University.
Copyright (c) 2025 Facundo Cruz, Javier Cachés, Emilia Tamburri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The rise and fall of the First Pan-American Games' design
The organization of the First Pan American Games encountered significant challenges. Initially scheduled for 1942, the event was postponed —and ultimately held in 1951— due to the Americas’ involvement in World War II. This article argues that the postponement was rooted in three major crises: two political and one sporting, revealing the underlying tensions that shaped the planning process. These issues must be examined within the broader historical context of the Western Hemisphere at the time, including national political dynamics, inter-American relations, and the evolution of the Olympic movement in Latin America.
Copyright (c) 2025 Francesco Davide Ragno https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The quiet diplomacy of Pope Benedict XVI: uncredited papal achievements
Few scholars or journalists have highlighted Pope Benedict XVI’s accomplishments in international diplomacy, 2005-2013, for at least three reasons: his predecessor’s overwhelming list of global achievement overshadowed the German pope’s record; a misleading caricature of Josef Ratzinger portrayed him as an introverted theologian disengaged from worldly matters; and even some curial colleagues assumed Benedict did not prioritize international relations as seen, for example, in his failure to visit any Asian country. However, every pope is necessarily a diplomat as sovereign of the world’s smallest state with 1.4 billion citizens-members of the Catholic Church. In fact, under Pope Benedict’s leadership, meaningful gains were made in improving ecumenical relations with the Orthodox Church of Constantinople and the Russian Orthodox Church; strengthening ties with Shia leaders in Iran; and advancing bilateral relations with Vietnam, China, and Russia. Exploring these cases offers greater insight into the functionality of papal diplomacy.
Copyright (c) 2025 Victor Gaetan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The concept of World Political Authority: the problem of the search for peace in the Social Doctrine of the Church and in Jacques Maritain
The problem of peace has been one of the most important topics in political science and international relations. The constant increase in social, religious, ethnic and military conflicts reveals the need for greater depth in the search for a stable and lasting peace. From armed conflicts between nations, such us those between Ukraine and Russia, to threats to States posed by terrorist groups (such us Hamas and Israel) and persecutions for ethnic and religious reasons, to the problems raised by immigration in Europe, all of these constitute a threat to peace. This article will focus on the visions offered by the Social Doctrine of the Church and the political thought of Jacques Maritain on the concept of World Political Authority as an effective means of ensuring peace at the international level.
Copyright (c) 2025 Jesús Cáceres Niz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The visible and the invisible: notes on rethinking the place of the Catholic Church in the discipline of International Relations
This article undertakes a preliminary and exploratory examination of the place of the Catholic Church within the discipline of International Relations, focusing on its treatment at both the theoretical and empirical levels. Theoretically, we identify that the dominant state-centric, materialist, and naturalist approaches have tended to relegate the Church, given its non-state character and the immaterial (spiritual) dimensions that are essential to its study. Empirically, we find that the Church occupies an intermediate position in terms of the volume of academic publications: it surpasses small states and other religions, yet remains far from the prominence enjoyed by major states and the most influential international organizations. Considering its status across both levels, we argue that the Catholic Church —despite its historical significance— continues to be relatively underestimated as an object of study in the field of International Relations.
Copyright (c) 2025 Maximiliano Barreto https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The Holy See in contemporary geopolitics: 'Value' diplomacy and spiritual power
Within the sphere of international diplomacy, it is essential to highlight the unique position of the Holy See as a subject of international law and its diplomatic evolution from the Lateran Pacts of 1929 to the present day. Its dual sovereignty—both spiritual and territorial—legitimizes its role in bilateral and multilateral relations. The Popes, from John XXIII to Francis, have played a pivotal role in promoting peace, safeguarding human rights, and defending religious freedom. Likewise, the Holy See is distinguished by its “diplomacy of values,” free of territorial ambitions, as it confronts contemporary challenges.
Copyright (c) 2025 Yolanda Alonso Herranz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Copyright (c) 2025 Tomás Mugica, Marco Gallo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Las relaciones internacionales de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco, de Alexander Ugalde Zubiri
Copyright (c) 2024 Sebastián Uria Minaberrigaray https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Repression and "Warfare": Argentine State terrorism on a comparative scale in the Southern Cone
This article studies on the regional scale of the Southern Cone the link between repression and “war” based on the way in which State terrorism was planned and executed in Argentina. The numerous studies that will be our main input show that the military and/or constitutional governments of Argentina, but also of Chile, Brazil and Uruguay, carried out their repressive actions under a warlike paradigm. The text is divided into two sections: in the first part, the central elements of the historical cycle of repression and political violence in which the Argentine case is inserted are presented, in light of other local experiences. In the second part, the way in which the “war” became the conceptual framework from which in Argentina, and in the other countries studied, state terrorism was implemented is explored.
Copyright (c) 2024 Marina Franco, Esteban Damián Pontoriero https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The working class in the dictatorship. The first resistances in the workplaces in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (March 1976 – December 1977)
This article aims to analyze the labor conflict developed in the workplace during the last civil-military dictatorship that occurred in Argentina. The moment chosen between March 1976 and December 1977 aims to analyze the modes of resistance and organization in the workplace during the moments of greatest repression by the military government. The analysis is based on 345 labor conflicts corresponding to a portion of the territory currently inserted in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires.
Copyright (c) 2024 Martín Mangiantini https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Mass culture and consensus towards the 1943 military coup. Cascabel magazine and its "Antipolítica" page during the Second World War
The military coup of 1943 has been studied with a special focus on various problems. Thus, studies have concentrated on the role of the military, decisive actors in the June 4 coup; the role of the Catholic Church and other actors in the military field, as well as that of the political parties and trade unions, have also been analyzed, among the main axes. The coup installed in a few months a repressive atmosphere marked by the censorship of the opposition, the annulment of political parties, the suspension of institutions and the implementation of compulsory religious education in basic schools. This article proposes to focus on the problem of consensus towards this military coup, the way in which it was socially constructed through expressions of mass culture that helped to delegitimize the republican institutions. We focus on the magazine Cascabel and its page "Antipolítica".
Copyright (c) 2024 Miranda Lida https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Anarchism in the Face of the Coup of 1930. Challenges, Links and Resistances
The coup d'état of 1930 implied an important transformation for the argentine political system, with transcendent consequences for society in the short and long term. The labor movement and left-wing sectors saw their development particularly compromised by the restriction of political life and civil liberties, along with the application of selective repressive measures. This article investigates the implications that the military uprising had for a particular sociopolitical actor, the anarchists. The study focuses on the analysis of the positions assumed in the face of political change, the actions undertaken to combat or avoid persecution, the alliances and debates formulated in the face of the new situation. In short, in evaluating the consequences operated within the libertarian current from the establishment of the military dictatorship of September 6.
Copyright (c) 2024 Jacinto M. Cerdá https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Copyright (c) 2024 Miranda Lida, Ignacio A. López Unzien https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Nationalists and Anti-Imperialists: the political positions of Manuel Gálvez and FORJA in the prelude to the Second World War (1930-1939)
In this work we will conduct an analysis of the nationalist positions of the 1930s in relation to the European events that unfolded as a prelude to World War II, based on the work and political stance of Manuel Gálvez and the FORJA group. They produced a significant amount of texts, posters, and speeches in which they expressed various interpretations of this political phenomenon. Departing from the usual classifications with which nationalists have been studied, we will seek to illustrate the course followed by the mentioned actors, analyzing the conflicting sectors and their political positions in light of the particular international context they experienced.
Copyright (c) 2024 Gonzalo Rubio García https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Venezuelan Migration in Argentina and Collective Action Strategies (2015-2022)
This work aims to advance in a mapping of Venezuelan migrant organizations in Argentina and analyze their collective action strategy between 2015 and the present. Through a quantitative-qualitative study, 52 organizations are identified, most of them located in the City of Buenos Aires. Among them, two profiles predominate: those that provide support and social assistance and those that add professionals. In terms of resources and strategies, Venezuelan collective action is characterized by great pragmatism and the ability to adapt to changes in the national and regional context. The work identifies two stages in its evolution.
Copyright (c) 2023 Mercedes Botto, Julieta Nicolao https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0