The Milei government:

emergence and analysis from a multiscalar and multidimensional approach

Abstract

In December 2023, Javier Milei assumed the presidency with the aim of undertaking a set of profound transformations across the most diverse spheres of Argentine society. The objective of this article is to analyze the emergence, victory, and governance of Milei’s administration from a multiscalar and multidimensional perspective. To this end, we examine the changes in the relations of force and the context of crisis and hegemonic dispute at both the global and Latin American levels, outlining a periodization of the regional war of positions in the twenty-first century, before subsequently focusing on the national scale. At this level, we investigate the political, ideological, and cultural dimensions that enabled his electoral victory, and then concentrate on the economic strategy. Likewise, we analyze the strategy of coercion and consensus-building deployed by the government, discussing its scope as well as the fragile economic and social foundations upon which it rests.