State and unions in post-devaluation Argentina. The return of the strategic debate

Ten years after the devaluation that ended convertibility, unions recovery in Argentina is an indisputable fact. Interpretations can be divided into three perspectives: statist, movementist and that focuses on the analysis of an historical tension in argentine unionism, the tension between the stron...

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Main Author: Varela, Paula
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Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas 2014
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description Ten years after the devaluation that ended convertibility, unions recovery in Argentina is an indisputable fact. Interpretations can be divided into three perspectives: statist, movementist and that focuses on the analysis of an historical tension in argentine unionism, the tension between the strong process of nationalization of trade unions and the strong grassroots organization in workplace. This article will point out some contradictions of the “return” of the unions in Argentina and analyzes, from some Marxist theoretical tools, the conceptual and political weaknesses that have both the statist and movementist perspectives. At the same time we present hypotheses about the potential of the current unions recovery.
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spelling ojs-article-192392024-10-18T15:25:20Z State and unions in post-devaluation Argentina. The return of the strategic debate Estado y sindicatos en la Argentina postdevaluación. El retorno del debate estratégico Varela, Paula Varela, Paula Sindicatos Trabajadores Crisis Clasismo Unions Workers Crisis Class perspective Ten years after the devaluation that ended convertibility, unions recovery in Argentina is an indisputable fact. Interpretations can be divided into three perspectives: statist, movementist and that focuses on the analysis of an historical tension in argentine unionism, the tension between the strong process of nationalization of trade unions and the strong grassroots organization in workplace. This article will point out some contradictions of the “return” of the unions in Argentina and analyzes, from some Marxist theoretical tools, the conceptual and political weaknesses that have both the statist and movementist perspectives. At the same time we present hypotheses about the potential of the current unions recovery. A diez años de la devaluación que dio salida a la convertibilidad, la recuperación del protagonismo de los sindicatos en Argentina es un hecho indiscutible. Las interpretaciones de este fenómeno pueden dividirse en tres: estatalista, movimentista y la que se concentra en el análisis de una tensión histórica en el sindicalismo argentino, la tensión entre el carácter fuertemente estatizado de las organizaciones sindicales y la presencia de fuertes organizaciones de base en el lugar de trabajo. En este artículo señalaremos algunas contradicciones del “retorno” de los sindicatos en la Argentina y analizaremos, a partir de una serie de herramientas conceptuales del marxismo, los problemas teóricos (y políticos) que presentan tanto la mirada estatalista como la movimentista. Al mismo tiempo, presentaremos hipótesis sobre las potencialidades de la actual recuperación sindical. Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas 2014-05-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Text Texto application/pdf https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/cma/article/view/19239 10.53000/cma.v21i38.19239 Crítica Marxista; Vol. 21 No. 38 (2014); 119-132 Crítica Marxista; v. 21 n. 38 (2014); 119-132 2966-0165 0104-9321 por https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/cma/article/view/19239/13727 World; Contemporary Mundo; Contemporâneo Copyright (c) 2014 Paula Varela https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Sindicatos
Trabajadores
Crisis
Clasismo
Unions
Workers
Crisis
Class perspective
State and unions in post-devaluation Argentina. The return of the strategic debate
title State and unions in post-devaluation Argentina. The return of the strategic debate
title_full State and unions in post-devaluation Argentina. The return of the strategic debate
title_fullStr State and unions in post-devaluation Argentina. The return of the strategic debate
title_full_unstemmed State and unions in post-devaluation Argentina. The return of the strategic debate
title_short State and unions in post-devaluation Argentina. The return of the strategic debate
title_sort state and unions in post-devaluation argentina. the return of the strategic debate
topic Sindicatos
Trabajadores
Crisis
Clasismo
Unions
Workers
Crisis
Class perspective
url https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/cma/article/view/19239
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