Metamorfosis y crisis de representación: Las estrategias electorales del PJ santafesino en las elecciones provinciales de 1999 y 2003

this article analyses the mechanisms used by the partido justicialista of the province of santa fe, argentina, to remain in power in two particularly complicated electoral circumstances: the 1999 provincial elections, marked by the economic recession; and the 2003 provincial elections, within the framework of a representation crisis of all political parties. although it is a case study, the article pretends to offer some clues to identify the partido justicialista's adaptative strategies that have allowed it to become one of the main political parties in argentina.