Native and academic conceptions about the modern political parties. Reflections around the study of the Argentinian Socialist Party

Abstract

This article analyzes native and academic conceptions about modern political parties in Argentina. On one hand, we trace the characteristics that according the vision of the socialist leaders from the beginnings of the twentieth century had to have a party to be considered modern. On the other hand, we observe how important figures of the academic field, from their socialist political background, constructed a normative view of the modern parties that was similar to the native conception. Finally, we retrieve the studies about political practices as a way to rethink politics from concrete experiences rather than from prescriptive visions which assumptions are not explicit.