Editing Politics of Argentina (section)

=== Welfare state ===
Since the 1930s [[Coup d'état|coups d'état]] have disrupted this democracy. After [[World War II]] and [[Juan Perón]]'s [[History of Argentina (1946-1955)|presidency]], recurring economic and institutional crises fostered the rise of [[military regime]]s. In 1930, the elected president [[Hipólito Yrigoyen|Hipolito Yrigoyen]] was ousted by a right-wing led coup.<ref name=":1" /> In 1931 the new government held controlled elections and blocked the participation of Yrigoyen's party. This alleged elections gave way to the ''[[Concordancia (Argentina)|Concordancia]],'' a three-party regime. They controlled the Argentine government, through fraud and rigged elections, until 1943.<ref name=":1" /> Several factors, including the deaths of the most prominent leaders and World War II, led to another coup that ended the Concordancia regime.<ref name=":1" /> This coup was led by the army, which supported the Axis powers, and modeled the new government after Italy's fascist regime.<ref name=":0" /> Among the military leaders was [[Juan Perón]], who was in charge of the Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare. He veered off the path set by the conservative army and set forth to improve the living and working conditions of workers, including giving [[Trade union|Labor Unions]] support and governmental positions. He was jailed briefly, but after mass protests, he became president in the elections of 1946. His regime is known as a populist one, aided by the figure of his second wife, [[Eva Perón]], or "Evita". Their regime produced economic growth and improvements on living and working conditions. It also passed female suffrage (1947), and nationalized the central bank, electricity and gas, urban transport, railroads, and the telephone.<ref name=":0" /> After the death of his wife, Perón started losing support. He was ousted in 1955 by another coup. Peronism lives on in Argentina. The next stage of the Social State was one characterized by both economic and political instability.<ref name=":0" /> Peron regained power in 1973, but died a year later. His third wife, [[Isabel Perón|Isabel]], became president. She could not run the country and the military took power once again in 1976.<ref name=":0" />