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The Revival of Labour Movement Studies in Argentina: Old and Lost Agendas

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  • Maurizio Atzeni

    (Centre for Labour Relations, National Research Council of Argentina (CEIL/CONICET), Argentina)

  • Juan Grigera

    (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina; National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Argentina)

Abstract

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.

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  • Maurizio Atzeni & Juan Grigera, 2019. "The Revival of Labour Movement Studies in Argentina: Old and Lost Agendas," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 33(5), pages 865-876, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:33:y:2019:i:5:p:865-876
    DOI: 10.1177/0950017018800233
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    1. Sebastián Etchemendy & Ruth Berins Collier, 2007. "Down but Not Out: Union Resurgence and Segmented Neocorporatism in Argentina (2003–2007)," Politics & Society, , vol. 35(3), pages 363-401, September.
    2. Maurizio Atzeni & Pablo Ghigliani, 2013. "The Re-Emergence of Workplace-Based Organization as the New Expression of Conflict in Argentina," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Gregor Gall (ed.), New Forms and Expressions of Conflict at Work, chapter 5, pages 66-85, Palgrave Macmillan.
    3. Etchemendy, Sebastian & Collier, Ruth Berins, 2007. "Down But Not Out: The Recovery of a Downsized Labor Movement in Argentina (2002-2006)," Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series qt2bd6z06c, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley.
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    1. Davide Però, 2020. "Indie Unions, Organizing and Labour Renewal: Learning from Precarious Migrant Workers," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 34(5), pages 900-918, October.

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