'This book is notable for its deft portrait of a working class which has been both active and passive, demonstrating both a capacity to organize and fight to protect its interests and a willingness to demobilize and accept compromise when circumstances demanded. James has rejected the simple answers of those who have ascribed working-class passivity to manipulation or corruption, and has succeeded in shedding a great deal of light upon the complexities engendered by these dual traits.' Joseph A. Page, The Americas

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Background: 1. Peronism and the working class, 1943–55; Part II. The Peronist Resistance, 1955–8: 2. The survival of Peronism: resistance in the factories; 3. Commandos and unions: the emergence of the new Peronist union leadership; 4. Ideology and consciousness in the Peronist resistance; Part III. Frondizi and Integration: Temptation and Disenchantment, 1958–62: 5. Resistance and defeat: the impact on leaders, activists and rank and file; 6. The corollary of institutional pragmatism: activists, commandos and elections; Part IV. The Vandor Era: 1962–6; 7. The burocracia sindical: power and politics in Peronist unions; 8. Ideology and politics in Peronist unions: different currents within the movement; Part V. Workers and the Revolución Argentina: from Onganía to the Return of Perón, 1966–73; 9. The Peronist union leaders under siege: new actors and new challenges; 10. Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

'This book is notable for its deft portrait of a working class which has been both active and passive, demonstrating both a capacity to organize and fight to protect its interests and a willingness to demobilize and accept compromise when circumstances demanded. James has rejected the simple answers of those who have ascribed working-class passivity to manipulation or corruption, and has succeeded in shedding a great deal of light upon the complexities engendered by these dual traits.' Joseph A. Page, The Americas

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Background: 1. Peronism and the working class, 1943–55; Part II. The Peronist Resistance, 1955–8: 2. The survival of Peronism: resistance in the factories; 3. Commandos and unions: the emergence of the new Peronist union leadership; 4. Ideology and consciousness in the Peronist resistance; Part III. Frondizi and Integration: Temptation and Disenchantment, 1958–62: 5. Resistance and defeat: the impact on leaders, activists and rank and file; 6. The corollary of institutional pragmatism: activists, commandos and elections; Part IV. The Vandor Era: 1962–6; 7. The burocracia sindical: power and politics in Peronist unions; 8. Ideology and politics in Peronist unions: different currents within the movement; Part V. Workers and the Revolución Argentina: from Onganía to the Return of Perón, 1966–73; 9. The Peronist union leaders under siege: new actors and new challenges; 10. Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.