Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaSome notes on politics in western Córdoba between the 19th and 20th centuries. The case of the priest José Gabriel Brochero
Political intermediaries are usually individuals with little notoriety at the national level. However, at the regional or local level, they are essential to build consensus and provide electoral support for the candidates proposed by the parties. This assertion becomes even more valid in highly pers...
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Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
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| description | Political intermediaries are usually individuals with little notoriety at the national level. However, at the regional or local level, they are essential to build consensus and provide electoral support for the candidates proposed by the parties. This assertion becomes even more valid in highly personalized political contexts, such as the late oligarchic regime and the beginning of democratic expansion in Argentina. Intermediaries acted as hinges between the first-line political casts and the population, influencing specific geographic spaces. They did not necessarily respond to a single party nor were they caudillos. They could place their influence at the disposal of different political forces, according to the interests they permanently or occasionally pursued. Behind them, they could drag along a potential electoral flow to negotiate with the men in power. The practices they put in place to gain support, "downwards", and trust, "upwards", were very varied. This type of intermediary combined rational and progressive speeches in the political or economic spheres, good intentions, exchanges of favors, promises, etc.... The micro-analytical observation reveals these aspects used by these political "connectors" which contributed to put into operation the action of power.
In this article we try to elucidate some of these aspects through a case study: that of the priest José Gabriel Brochero. We consider this character to be particularly interesting because, without being a caudillo or a career politician, he shows the way in which an ego that is not a member of the stable political staff can enter politics in pursuit of an objective: the material and social progress of his area of influence. Through the analysis of his correspondence, we will observe how he made his relational capital in the region available to the politicians of the day, maximizing the benefits to be obtained from a reduced but significant nucleus of personal contacts.
The paper includes a very brief description of the characteristics of the region and a biographical presentation of the central political actor, which are essential to introduce the intermediation practices of a second or third order political actor. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO294442022-03-16T19:08:02Z Some notes on politics in western Córdoba between the 19th and 20th centuries. The case of the priest José Gabriel Brochero Algunas notas sobre la política en el oeste cordobés entre los siglo XIX y XX. El caso del cura José Gabriel Brochero Ayrolo, Valentina Ferrari, Marcela Political intermediaries are usually individuals with little notoriety at the national level. However, at the regional or local level, they are essential to build consensus and provide electoral support for the candidates proposed by the parties. This assertion becomes even more valid in highly personalized political contexts, such as the late oligarchic regime and the beginning of democratic expansion in Argentina. Intermediaries acted as hinges between the first-line political casts and the population, influencing specific geographic spaces. They did not necessarily respond to a single party nor were they caudillos. They could place their influence at the disposal of different political forces, according to the interests they permanently or occasionally pursued. Behind them, they could drag along a potential electoral flow to negotiate with the men in power. The practices they put in place to gain support, "downwards", and trust, "upwards", were very varied. This type of intermediary combined rational and progressive speeches in the political or economic spheres, good intentions, exchanges of favors, promises, etc.... The micro-analytical observation reveals these aspects used by these political "connectors" which contributed to put into operation the action of power. In this article we try to elucidate some of these aspects through a case study: that of the priest José Gabriel Brochero. We consider this character to be particularly interesting because, without being a caudillo or a career politician, he shows the way in which an ego that is not a member of the stable political staff can enter politics in pursuit of an objective: the material and social progress of his area of influence. Through the analysis of his correspondence, we will observe how he made his relational capital in the region available to the politicians of the day, maximizing the benefits to be obtained from a reduced but significant nucleus of personal contacts. The paper includes a very brief description of the characteristics of the region and a biographical presentation of the central political actor, which are essential to introduce the intermediation practices of a second or third order political actor. Los intermediarios políticos suelen ser individuos de poca notoriedad en la escala nacional. Sin embargo, a nivel regional o local, resultan imprescindibles para constituir consenso y ofrecer basamento electoral a los candidatos propuestos por los partidos. Esta afirmación cobra mayor validez en contextos políticos fuertemente personalizados, tales como el de las postrimerías del régimen oligárquico y comienzos de la ampliación democrática en Argentina. Los intermediarios actuaban como bisagras entre los elencos políticos de primera línea y la población, influyendo en espacios geográficos determinados. No necesariamente respondían a un único partido ni eran caudillos. Podían poner su influencia a disposición de distintas fuerzas políticas, según conviniera a los intereses que permanente u ocasionalmente perseguían. Tras ellos, podían arrastrar un caudal electoral potencial para negociar con los hombres del poder. Las prácticas que ponían en marcha para lograr adhesión, «hacia abajo», y confianza, «hacia arriba», eran muy variadas. En este tipo de intermediario se combinaban discursos racionales y progresistas en los órdenes político o económico, buenas intenciones, intercambios de favores, promesas, etc... La observación microanalítica revela estos aspectos utilizados por estos «conectores» políticos que contribuían a poner en funcionamiento la acción del poder. En este artículo procuramos elucidar algunos de los aspectos enunciados a través de un estudio de caso: el del cura José Gabriel Brochero. Consideramos que este personaje es particularmente interesante porque, sin ser un caudillo ni un político de carrera, pone de manifiesto el modo en que un ego que no es miembro del personal político estable puede ingresar coyunturalmente a la política en pos de un objetivo: el progreso material y social de su zona de influencia. A través del análisis de su correspondencia, observaremos de qué manera ponía a disposición de los políticos de turno su capital relacional en la región, maximizando para esto los beneficios a obtener de un núcleo reducido –pero significativo de contactos personales. El trabajo reúne una muy breve descripción de las características de la región y una presentación biográfica del actor político central, que resultan imprescindibles para introducir las prácticas de intermediación de un actor político de segundo o tercer orden. 2005-12-01 2022-03-16T19:08:02Z 2022-03-16T19:08:02Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/cuadernosdehistoriaeys/article/view/14582 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/29444 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/cuadernosdehistoriaeys/article/view/14582/14560 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/cuadernosdehistoriaeys/article/view/14582/31156 Derechos de autor 2014 Cuadernos de historia. Serie Economía y Sociedad https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 application/pdf text/html Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades Cuadernos de Historia. Serie Economía y Sociedad; Núm. 7 (2005); 7-29 2422-7544 1514-5816 |
| spellingShingle | Ayrolo, Valentina Ferrari, Marcela Some notes on politics in western Córdoba between the 19th and 20th centuries. The case of the priest José Gabriel Brochero |
| title | Some notes on politics in western Córdoba between the 19th and 20th centuries. The case of the priest José Gabriel Brochero |
| title_full | Some notes on politics in western Córdoba between the 19th and 20th centuries. The case of the priest José Gabriel Brochero |
| title_fullStr | Some notes on politics in western Córdoba between the 19th and 20th centuries. The case of the priest José Gabriel Brochero |
| title_full_unstemmed | Some notes on politics in western Córdoba between the 19th and 20th centuries. The case of the priest José Gabriel Brochero |
| title_short | Some notes on politics in western Córdoba between the 19th and 20th centuries. The case of the priest José Gabriel Brochero |
| title_sort | some notes on politics in western córdoba between the 19th and 20th centuries. the case of the priest josé gabriel brochero |
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