El Partido Demócrata y sus tensiones internas. Diferentes perspectivas sobre ciudadanía y participación. Córdoba, 1922 - 1925

Abstract

In Córdoba, the National Electoral Law of 1912 was adapted to the provincial scope through the Reform of the Constitution. During the debates of the Constituent Convention, a climate of dissatisfaction and disagreements prevailed, which limited to a great extent its application for the election of representatives of the Executive and Legislative Branches. The imposition from above, from the Nation, was the determining factor for the acceptance of some of its general guidelines. Although the 'representatives' of Roque Saenz Peña in the province managed to impose their criteria in part, a large number of the convention members were advocates of a restricted republic in which political rights were circumscribed 'to the best' (people with prestige, 'surnames', education, social relations, etc.). This conservative republicanism was always present in Córdoba: hierarchies, marked social differences and paternalism were dominant features of the political culture and actions of the elite, not resisted by the subaltern sectors. The strong clerical presence always questioned and opposed political liberalism.