Du péronisme au populisme : la conquête conceptuelle du « gros animal » populaire

The subject of Peronism is an all-time favourite in Argentine political and socio-logical literature. Ever since the 1960s, a large part of this literature associates the political movement to a generic name : that of a populist or national-populist regime. The core of these studies concerns the movement?s privileged relationship with the popular figure and the mobilisation that Peron?s figure conveys. The object of this article is to discuss the conceptualisation of the « people » in the interpretations of Peronism, both by comparing it to the speeches of political actors who have become identified with the Peronist movement and through the prism of populism.