Colección
type: channel
description: 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.
publisher: Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales
language: en
publication name: Colección
issn: 0328-7998
items: Por qué es tan difícil gobernar Argentina: y cómo nuestros presidentes y coaliciones podrían hacerlo mejor, by Macos Novaro
items: The European Union in the global transition: the challenges of its agenda with Latin America and the Caribbean
items: The student movement and the University Reform. A view from Argentine communism in the 1930's
items: Food distribution: Human Right, charity or Marxism? Representations of the National Food Programme (1983-1989)
items: The schools of Indian foreign policy: identity, power, and pragmatism
items: Althusius and the concept of majestas: a preliminary study of its impact in International Relations
items: Silvio Frondizi's political intervention towards the emergence of Peronismo in 1945
items: Explanatory variables of satisfaction with democracy: a literature review
items: Liberalismo y democracia en la Argentina. Claves históricas de una relación sinuosa, by Leandro Losada
items: Against the directory. State reform, privatizations and fiscal changes during the last dictatorship according to the account of Martínez de Hoz
items: The intolerance of private property: freedom and critique of democracy in the Paleolibertarianism of Hans-Hermann Hoppe
items: Portales electrónicos, un nuevo foco para la participación ciudadana: caso Gobernación de Nariño, Colombia
items: 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
items: A Diplomatic History of US Immigration during the 20th Century. Policy, Law and National Identity, by Benjamin C. Montoya
items: 'What is the IMF?' Symbolic power and supranational bureaucracy: the relationship with Argentina (2018-2023)
items: Catterberg updated: changes and continuities in Argentine political culture 40 years after the restoration of democracy
items: The rise and fall of the First Pan-American Games' design
items: The quiet diplomacy of Pope Benedict XVI: uncredited papal achievements
items: The concept of World Political Authority: the problem of the search for peace in the Social Doctrine of the Church and in Jacques Maritain
items: The visible and the invisible: notes on rethinking the place of the Catholic Church in the discipline of International Relations
items: The Holy See in contemporary geopolitics: 'Value' diplomacy and spiritual power
items: Dossier presentation
items: Las relaciones internacionales de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco, de Alexander Ugalde Zubiri
items: Repression and "Warfare": Argentine State terrorism on a comparative scale in the Southern Cone
items: The working class in the dictatorship. The first resistances in the workplaces in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (March 1976 – December 1977)
items: Mass culture and consensus towards the 1943 military coup. Cascabel magazine and its "Antipolítica" page during the Second World War
items: Anarchism in the Face of the Coup of 1930. Challenges, Links and Resistances
items: Presentation
items: Nationalists and Anti-Imperialists: the political positions of Manuel Gálvez and FORJA in the prelude to the Second World War (1930-1939)
items: Venezuelan Migration in Argentina and Collective Action Strategies (2015-2022)

Por qué es tan difícil gobernar Argentina: y cómo nuestros presidentes y coaliciones podrían hacerlo mejor, by Macos Novaro
type: item
subject: Reviews
  topic: section
creator: Fernando Domínguez Sardou
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Fernando Domínguez Sardou https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-01
publication date: 2025-04-01
starting page: 253
ending page: 256
doi: 10.46553/

The European Union in the global transition: the challenges of its agenda with Latin America and the Caribbean
type: item
description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: European Union
  topic: keywords
subject: Latin America and the Caribbean
  topic: keywords
subject: Strategic Autonomy
  topic: keywords
subject: Global Transition
  topic: keywords
creator: Péter Rada
creator: Laura Nyilas
creator: Ariel González Levaggi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Péter Rada, Laura Nyilas, Ariel González Levaggi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-01
publication date: 2025-04-01
starting page: 223
ending page: 250
doi: 10.46553/

The student movement and the University Reform. A view from Argentine communism in the 1930's
type: item
description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: University Reform
  topic: keywords
subject: Communist Party
  topic: keywords
subject: Popular Front
  topic: keywords
subject: Student Movement
  topic: keywords
creator: Gabriel Omar Piro Mittelman
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Gabriel Omar Piro Mittelman https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-01
publication date: 2025-04-01
starting page: 187
ending page: 221
doi: 10.46553/

Food distribution: Human Right, charity or Marxism? Representations of the National Food Programme (1983-1989)
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description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Food Policies
  topic: keywords
subject: Transition to Democracy
  topic: keywords
subject: Social Assistance
  topic: keywords
subject: Human Rights
  topic: keywords
subject: Social Representations
  topic: keywords
creator: Florencia Osuna
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Florencia Osuna https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-01
publication date: 2025-04-01
starting page: 149
ending page: 186
doi: 10.46553/

The schools of Indian foreign policy: identity, power, and pragmatism
type: item
description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: India
  topic: keywords
subject: Schools of Foreign Policy
  topic: keywords
subject: History
  topic: keywords
subject: International Positions
  topic: keywords
subject: Foreign Policy Design
  topic: keywords
creator: Mario Guillermo Guerrero
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Mario Guillermo Guerrero https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-01
publication date: 2025-04-01
starting page: 105
ending page: 147
doi: 10.46553/

Althusius and the concept of majestas: a preliminary study of its impact in International Relations
type: item
description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Althusius
  topic: keywords
subject: International Relations
  topic: keywords
subject: Sovereignty
  topic: keywords
subject: Majestas
  topic: keywords
subject: Confederation
  topic: keywords
creator: Gerónimo Rocca Fontaiña
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Gerónimo Rocca Fontaiña https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-01
publication date: 2025-04-01
starting page: 83
ending page: 104
doi: 10.46553/

Silvio Frondizi's political intervention towards the emergence of Peronismo in 1945
type: item
description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Intellectuals
  topic: keywords
subject: Democracy
  topic: keywords
subject: Peronism
  topic: keywords
subject: Liberalism
  topic: keywords
subject: Radicalism
  topic: keywords
subject: Socialism
  topic: keywords
creator: Javier Díaz
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Javier Díaz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-01
publication date: 2025-04-01
starting page: 45
ending page: 81
doi: 10.46553/

Explanatory variables of satisfaction with democracy: a literature review
type: item
description: (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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Satisfaction with Democracy
  topic: keywords
subject: Democracy
  topic: keywords
subject: Explanatory Variables
  topic: keywords
subject: Literature Review
  topic: keywords
creator: Marcelino Nieto Brizio
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Marcelino Nieto Brizio https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-01
publication date: 2025-04-01
starting page: 13
ending page: 43
doi: 10.46553/

Liberalismo y democracia en la Argentina. Claves históricas de una relación sinuosa, by Leandro Losada
type: item
subject: Reviews
  topic: section
creator: María Pollitzer
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 María Pollitzer https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-10-01
publication date: 2024-10-01
starting page: 169
ending page: 173
doi: 10.46553/

Against the directory. State reform, privatizations and fiscal changes during the last dictatorship according to the account of Martínez de Hoz
type: item
description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Dictatorship
  topic: keywords
subject: Martínez de Hoz
  topic: keywords
subject: State Reform
  topic: keywords
subject: Privatizations
  topic: keywords
creator: Julián Zícari
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Julián Zícari https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-10-01
publication date: 2024-10-01
starting page: 119
ending page: 165
doi: 10.46553/

The intolerance of private property: freedom and critique of democracy in the Paleolibertarianism of Hans-Hermann Hoppe
type: item
description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Anarchocapitalism
  topic: keywords
subject: Property Rights
  topic: keywords
subject: Democracy
  topic: keywords
subject: Conservatism
  topic: keywords
subject: Natural Order
  topic: keywords
creator: Ignacio Ramírez Andrade
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Ignacio Ramírez Andrade https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-10-01
publication date: 2024-10-01
starting page: 85
ending page: 118
doi: 10.46553/

Portales electrónicos, un nuevo foco para la participación ciudadana: caso Gobernación de Nariño, Colombia
type: item
description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Electronic Portals
  topic: keywords
subject: TIC
  topic: keywords
subject: Citizen Participation
  topic: keywords
subject: Accountability
  topic: keywords
subject: Citizen Inclusion
  topic: keywords
subject: Governance
  topic: keywords
creator: Lucero Cabrera Benavides
creator: Jalal Nasif Arciniegas
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Lucero Cabrera Benavides, Jalal Nasif Arciniegas https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-10-01
publication date: 2024-10-01
starting page: 57
ending page: 83
doi: 10.46553/

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
type: item
description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: International policy
  topic: keywords
subject: Subnational actors
  topic: keywords
subject: Buenos Aires Province
  topic: keywords
creator: Juan Facundo Carcedo
creator: Delfina Sol Campanella
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Juan Facundo Carcedo, Delfina Sol Campanella https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-10-01
publication date: 2024-10-01
starting page: 13
ending page: 55
doi: 10.46553/

A Diplomatic History of US Immigration during the 20th Century. Policy, Law and National Identity, by Benjamin C. Montoya
type: item
subject: Reviews
  topic: section
creator: Juan Martín Garese
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Juan Martín Garese https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 243
ending page: 248
doi: 10.46553/

'What is the IMF?' Symbolic power and supranational bureaucracy: the relationship with Argentina (2018-2023)
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description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: International Monetary Fund
  topic: keywords
subject: Symbolic Power
  topic: keywords
subject: Bourdieu
  topic: keywords
subject: Temporality
  topic: keywords
subject: Universality
  topic: keywords
creator: Germán Ricci
creator: Horacio Divito
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Germán Ricci, Horacio Divito https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 207
ending page: 240
doi: 10.46553/

Catterberg updated: changes and continuities in Argentine political culture 40 years after the restoration of democracy
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description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Public opinion
  topic: keywords
subject: Democracy
  topic: keywords
subject: Political parties
  topic: keywords
subject: Elites
  topic: keywords
subject: Argentina
  topic: keywords
creator: Facundo Cruz
creator: Javier Cachés
creator: Emilia Tamburri
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Facundo Cruz, Javier Cachés, Emilia Tamburri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 177
ending page: 205
doi: 10.46553/

The rise and fall of the First Pan-American Games' design
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description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Pan-Americanism
  topic: keywords
subject: Pan-American Games
  topic: keywords
subject: Good Neighbor Policy
  topic: keywords
subject: Sport
  topic: keywords
subject: Olympism
  topic: keywords
creator: Francesco Davide Ragno
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Francesco Davide Ragno https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 153
ending page: 176
doi: 10.46553/

The quiet diplomacy of Pope Benedict XVI: uncredited papal achievements
type: item
description: 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.
subject: Dossier
  topic: section
subject: Diplomacy
  topic: keywords
subject: Pope Benedict XVI
  topic: keywords
subject: Catholic Church
  topic: keywords
creator: Victor Gaetan
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Victor Gaetan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 121
ending page: 149
doi: 10.46553/

The concept of World Political Authority: the problem of the search for peace in the Social Doctrine of the Church and in Jacques Maritain
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description: 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.
subject: Dossier
  topic: section
subject: Social Doctrine of the Church
  topic: keywords
subject: Jacques Maritain
  topic: keywords
subject: World Political Authority
  topic: keywords
subject: Sovereignty
  topic: keywords
subject: International Society
  topic: keywords
subject: Peace
  topic: keywords
subject: Christian Humanism
  topic: keywords
creator: Jesús Cáceres Niz
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Jesús Cáceres Niz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 83
ending page: 119
doi: 10.46553/

The visible and the invisible: notes on rethinking the place of the Catholic Church in the discipline of International Relations
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description: 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.
subject: Dossier
  topic: section
subject: International Relations
  topic: keywords
subject: Catholic Church
  topic: keywords
subject: IR Theory
  topic: keywords
subject: Empirical analysis
  topic: keywords
subject: International actors
  topic: keywords
creator: Maximiliano Barreto
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Maximiliano Barreto https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 63
ending page: 82
doi: 10.46553/

The Holy See in contemporary geopolitics: 'Value' diplomacy and spiritual power
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description: 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.
subject: Dossier
  topic: section
subject: Holy See
  topic: keywords
subject: Diplomacy
  topic: keywords
subject: Spiritual Sovereignty
  topic: keywords
subject: United Nations
  topic: keywords
subject: Peace
  topic: keywords
creator: Yolanda Alonso Herranz
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Yolanda Alonso Herranz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 25
ending page: 61
doi: 10.46553/

Dossier presentation
type: item
description: Presentation of the dossier
subject: Dossier
  topic: section
creator: Tomás Mugica
creator: Marco Gallo
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Tomás Mugica, Marco Gallo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 13
ending page: 23
doi: 10.46553/

Las relaciones internacionales de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco, de Alexander Ugalde Zubiri
type: item
subject: Reviews
  topic: section
creator: Sebastián Uria Minaberrigaray
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Sebastián Uria Minaberrigaray https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-04-01
publication date: 2024-04-01
doi: 10.46553/

Repression and "Warfare": Argentine State terrorism on a comparative scale in the Southern Cone
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description: 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.
subject: Dossier
  topic: section
subject: Argentina
  topic: keywords
subject: Southern Cone
  topic: keywords
subject: Repression
  topic: keywords
subject: Warfare
  topic: keywords
creator: Marina Franco
creator: Esteban Damián Pontoriero
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Marina Franco, Esteban Damián Pontoriero https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-04-01
publication date: 2024-04-01
starting page: 149
ending page: 173
doi: 10.46553/

The working class in the dictatorship. The first resistances in the workplaces in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (March 1976 – December 1977)
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description: 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.
subject: Dossier
  topic: section
subject: Workplaces
  topic: keywords
subject: Military dictatorship
  topic: keywords
subject: Labor conflict
  topic: keywords
creator: Martín Mangiantini
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Martín Mangiantini https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-04-01
publication date: 2024-04-01
starting page: 105
ending page: 147
doi: 10.46553/

Mass culture and consensus towards the 1943 military coup. Cascabel magazine and its "Antipolítica" page during the Second World War
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description: 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".
subject: Dossier
  topic: section
subject: Mass Culture
  topic: keywords
subject: Consensus
  topic: keywords
subject: 1943 Military Coup
  topic: keywords
subject: Argentina
  topic: keywords
subject: Second World War
  topic: keywords
creator: Miranda Lida
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Miranda Lida https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-04-01
publication date: 2024-04-01
starting page: 65
ending page: 104
doi: 10.46553/

Anarchism in the Face of the Coup of 1930. Challenges, Links and Resistances
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description: 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.
subject: Dossier
  topic: section
subject: Anarchism
  topic: keywords
subject: Dictatorship
  topic: keywords
subject: 1930
  topic: keywords
subject: Repression
  topic: keywords
subject: Resistence
  topic: keywords
subject: Reconfiguration
  topic: keywords
creator: Jacinto M. Cerdá
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Jacinto M. Cerdá https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-04-01
publication date: 2024-04-01
starting page: 31
ending page: 63
doi: 10.46553/

Presentation
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description: Presentation of the dossier.
subject: Dossier
  topic: section
creator: Miranda Lida
creator: Ignacio A. López Unzien
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Miranda Lida, Ignacio A. López Unzien https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-04-01
publication date: 2024-04-01
starting page: 13
ending page: 19
doi: 10.46553/

Nationalists and Anti-Imperialists: the political positions of Manuel Gálvez and FORJA in the prelude to the Second World War (1930-1939)
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description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Second World War
  topic: keywords
subject: Nationalism
  topic: keywords
subject: Fascism
  topic: keywords
subject: Nazism
  topic: keywords
creator: Gonzalo Rubio García
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Gonzalo Rubio García https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-04-01
publication date: 2024-04-01
doi: 10.46553/

Venezuelan Migration in Argentina and Collective Action Strategies (2015-2022)
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description: 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.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Venezuelan Migration
  topic: keywords
subject: Collective Action
  topic: keywords
subject: Argentina
  topic: keywords
subject: Organizations
  topic: keywords
creator: Mercedes Botto
creator: Julieta Nicolao
rights: Copyright (c) 2023 Mercedes Botto, Julieta Nicolao https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2023-10-02
publication date: 2023-10-02
starting page: 59
ending page: 94
doi: 10.46553/colec.34.2.2023.p59-94