Uruguay’s José Batlle y Ordoñez : : The Determined Visionary, 1915-1917 / / Milton I. Vanger.
If one died and could not reach heaven, went the saying in Latin America during the presidency of José Batlle y Ordoñez, one might get at least as far as Batlle’s Uruguay. José Batlle was committed to a vision of advanced democracy that included a plural executive (the Colegiado), state-run enterpri...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables and Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Viera’s Inauguration
- 2 Piedras Blancas
- 3 Constitutional Reform
- 4 Batlle’s Reforms
- 5 The Eight-hour Day
- 6 Education
- 7 Rancher Opposition
- 8 Old-age Pensions
- 9 Catholicism in Our Times
- 10 Campaigning
- 11 Enforcing the Eight-hour Day
- 12 Explaining the Colegiado
- 13 Opposing the Colegiado
- 14 The Right to Food
- 15 Vote Colegialist or Stay Home?
- 16 Election Eve
- 17 The Defeat of the Colegiado
- 18 Viera’s Halt
- 19 Batlle’s Burial
- 20 The Grand Solution
- 21 A New Cabinet
- 22 The Election of 14 January 1917
- 23 Batlle Resurrected
- 24 The Committee of Eight and the New Constitution
- 25 Where Will the New Constitution Take Us?
- 26 Uruguay Wins Diplomatically
- 27 Viera Ends the Halt
- 28 Batlle’s “My Conduct in the Reform”
- Epilogue
- Index
- About the Book