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The plan for a new Argentine capital: technical and political transitions in the 1980s

2025/06/03 by Luján Menazzi, Guillermo Jajamovich · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism #Latin American socio-political dynamics #Social and Political Issues

paper · doi:10.1017/s0963926825000197

openalex publication_date 2025/06/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Abstract The article analyses the project to move the Argentinian capital from Buenos Aires to Viedma, a small city located in the south, in 1986. The project enlightens the period as a juncture of both technical and political transitions. In technical terms, the proposal had a hybrid nature, articulating developmentalist planning perspectives with innovative objectives for the time. In political terms, the proposal reflected the contradictions of the period, in which re-foundational illusions and severe economic and political limitations were articulated. Crossing the technical and political dimensions, the initiative is suggestive of the role given to technicians within the democratic transition.

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