National Defense as fiscal policy during the Mauricio Macri administration (2015-2019)
This article argues that the Defense policies implemented by the Mauricio Macri administration (2015-2019) were subordinated to the priorities defined by the neo-liberal fiscal adjustment programs executed during its tenure. In order to show this, the discourse of major policy makers is surveyed, th...
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| description | This article argues that the Defense policies implemented by the Mauricio Macri administration (2015-2019) were subordinated to the priorities defined by the neo-liberal fiscal adjustment programs executed during its tenure. In order to show this, the discourse of major policy makers is surveyed, the main policy documents published during the period are examined, and finally, the resources actually allocated to carry out Defense policies are tallied. The materials reviewed disclose a three-way dispute inside the administration. The conflict opposed those who i) Wanted to involve the military in the war against drugs, following US preferences, ii) Those who saw the military as a bloated and expensive organization that weighed excessively on the Government´s budget, and iii) and those who advocated redeploying the military as an anti-crime outfit, as a means to safeguard its budget, preserve a socially legitimate role for it and indirectly fund its main traditional national defense role. The article establishes that, although the security-oriented discourse was apparently predominant, in the end, a fiscal adjustment rationale prevailed over all the other proposals. In consequence, economic priorities resulted that, at the end of the Macri administration, the capabilities of the Argentinean armed forces were further degraded from their 2015 level. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e1339ca37adf4f618754857c18fc5d492025-02-02T15:59:33ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede EcuadorÍconos1390-12492224-69832020-09-012468759310.17141/iconos.68.2020.4291National Defense as fiscal policy during the Mauricio Macri administration (2015-2019)Sergio Gabriel Eissa0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7530-8753Universidad de Buenos Aires This article argues that the Defense policies implemented by the Mauricio Macri administration (2015-2019) were subordinated to the priorities defined by the neo-liberal fiscal adjustment programs executed during its tenure. In order to show this, the discourse of major policy makers is surveyed, the main policy documents published during the period are examined, and finally, the resources actually allocated to carry out Defense policies are tallied. The materials reviewed disclose a three-way dispute inside the administration. The conflict opposed those who i) Wanted to involve the military in the war against drugs, following US preferences, ii) Those who saw the military as a bloated and expensive organization that weighed excessively on the Government´s budget, and iii) and those who advocated redeploying the military as an anti-crime outfit, as a means to safeguard its budget, preserve a socially legitimate role for it and indirectly fund its main traditional national defense role. The article establishes that, although the security-oriented discourse was apparently predominant, in the end, a fiscal adjustment rationale prevailed over all the other proposals. In consequence, economic priorities resulted that, at the end of the Macri administration, the capabilities of the Argentinean armed forces were further degraded from their 2015 level.https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/4291argentinadefensearmed forcesmauricio macridrug trafficbudget |
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| title | National Defense as fiscal policy during the Mauricio Macri administration (2015-2019) |
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| title_short | National Defense as fiscal policy during the Mauricio Macri administration (2015-2019) |
| title_sort | national defense as fiscal policy during the mauricio macri administration 2015 2019 |
| topic | argentina defense armed forces mauricio macri drug traffic budget |
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