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The Revival of Labour Movement Studies in Argentina: Old and Lost Agendas
Fecha
2019-10-01Registro en:
Atzeni, Maurizio; Grigera, Juan Francisco; The Revival of Labour Movement Studies in Argentina: Old and Lost Agendas; SAGE Publications; Work, Employment and Society; 33; 5; 1-10-2019; 865-876
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CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Atzeni, Maurizio
Grigera, Juan Francisco
Resumen
In recent years sociological research on labour in Argentina has re-flourished. This revival has seen a turn towards the Anglo-Saxon and international traditions of workplace and trade union studies, but it has been generally one-sided, focusing on the relatively successful experiences of trade unions’ organized workers in formal sector workplaces. This has represented a considerable departure from the pre-2001 crisis research’s agenda that focused on unemployment, poverty and the new forms of community based organizations generated by workers in non-work situations. The return to the institutionalized sphere in the analysis of work issues can be partially explained by the changes in the economic and political environment alongside the return to ‘normality’ of the capital–labour relationship. However, it also signals a tendency in labour studies, in Argentina and beyond, of using the union form as the main organizational frame of reference in the analyses of conflict and workers’ representation.