Editing Politics of Argentina (section)

=== Liberal state ===
From 1852 until 1930 Argentina experienced liberal government with first oligarchic and then democratic tendencies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Latin American Politics and Development|last1=Kline|first1=Harvey F.|last2=Wade|first2=Christine J.|last3=Wiarda|first3=Howard J.|publisher=Westview Press|year=2018|isbn=978-0-8133-5050-9|location=New York|pages=103–122}}</ref> From 1852 to 1916 the government, run by the landowning elite, controlled the outcome of elections by committing fraud. This was contested by the rising middle-class and working-class sectors. This fueled the creation of more unions and political parties, including the [[Radical Civic Union]] (UCR), which represented the emergent middle-class.<ref name=":0" /> In 1912, Law 8871, or the [[Sáenz Peña Law]] established universal, secret and obligatory male suffrage, which marked the [[middle class]]es entering the government, and displacing the landowning elite.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/saenz-pena-law|title=Sáenz Peña Law {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-15}}</ref>