Peronism as a Big Tent – The Political Inclusion of Arab Immigrants in Argentin…

Peronism As a Big TentThe Political Inclusion of Arab Immigrants in Argentina\nAuthor(s): Raanan Rein, Ariel Noyjovich, Isis Sadek\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780228008828, 978-0228008828\nSynopsis\nArgentina's populist movement, led by Juan Pern, welcomed people from a broad range of cultural backgrounds to join its ranks. Unlike most populist movements in Europe and North America, Peronism had an inclusive nature, rejecting racism and xenophobia.\n In Peronism as a Big Tent Raanan Rein and Ariel Noyjovich examine Peronism's attempts at garnering the support of Argentines of Middle Eastern origins be they Jewish, Maronite, Orthodox Catholic, Druze, or Muslim in both Buenos Aires and the interior provinces. By following the process that started with Pern's administration in the mid-1940s and culminated with the 1989 election of President Carlos Menem, of Syrian parentage, Rein and Noyjovi.