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If one died and could not reach heaven, went the saying in Latin America during the presidency of José Batlle y Ordoñez, one might get at least as far as Batlle’s Uruguay. José Batlle was committed to a vision of advanced democracy that included a plural executive (the Colegiado), state-run enterprises, an eight-hour-maximum workday, women’s rights, and the abolition of the death penalty. In 1915-1917, having completed his second term in office, he was battling on toward a revision of the Uruguayan constitution that he believed would embody that vision. Batlle’s ideas proved to be too much for voters to accept. Nevertheless, he skillfully rescued part of his program and laid the groundwork for future reforms. As masterfully related in this concluding volume of Milton Vanger’s trilogy, the story of Batlle and this short episode in Uruguay’s history is significant far beyond its time. Even today, Batlle's legacy looms over current politics in the country much as FDR and the New Deal Coalition do in the United States. Arguably, no other single topic is more important in Uruguay’s political history.

Presidents --- Social reformers --- Social problems --- Constitutional history --- Reform, Social --- Social reform --- Social welfare --- Social history --- Applied sociology --- Reformers --- History --- Batlle y Ordóñez, José, --- Viera, Feliciano, --- Batlle y Ordóñez, José Pablo Torcuato, --- Ordóñez, José Batlle y, --- Political and social views. --- Uruguay --- Anatolikē Dēmokratia tēs Oyrougouaēs --- Cisplatine Province --- Dēmokratia Anatolika tou Oyrougouaē --- Dēmokratia Anatolika tou Potamou Oyrougouaē --- Eastern Republic of Uruguay --- Estado Cisplatino --- Gweriniaeth Ddwyreiniol Uruguay --- Iztochna republika Urugvaĭ --- Oriental Republic of Uruguay --- Oyrougouaē --- Provincia Cisplatina --- Provincia Oriental del Río de la Plata --- Provincia Uruguaya del Tape --- Republic East of the Uruguay --- Republic East of the Uruguay River --- República O. del Uruguay --- República Oriental del Uruguay --- Río de la Plata, Provincia Oriental del --- Uruguai --- Urugṿai --- Urugṿay --- Uruhvaĭ --- Uskhodni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rėspublika Uruhvaĭ --- Východní Republika Uruguay --- Ουρουγουαη --- Ανατολική Δημοκρατία της Ουρουγουάης --- Δημοκρατία Ανατολικά του Ποταμού Ουρουγουάη --- Δημοκρατία Ανατολικά του Ουρουγουάη --- Уругвай --- Усходняя Рэспубліка Уругвай --- Източна република Уругвай --- Politics and government --- Social policy.