Labor Conflict and Capitalist Hegemony in Argentina

The Case of the Automobile Industry, 1990-2007
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-29151-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 89, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

Labor Conflict and Capitalist Hegemony in Argentina delves into the dynamics of labor conflict during a decisive moment in the history of Neoliberalism and its crisis. How did workers react to labor flexibilization, market reforms and massive layoffs? In what way were employers able to keep hold of industrial hegemony during the crisis of Neoliberalism? This book explores these questions from a Marxian approach on peripheral capitalist countries with the aim of contributing to a new conceptualization of labor relations, labor history and collective class action. The analysis focuses on the automotive industry in Argentina between 1990 and 2007 although framed in broader temporal dynamics.

Labor conflict and capitalist hegemony in Argentina relata la dinámica del conflicto laboral en el período crucial de la historia del neoliberalismo y su crisis. ¿Cómo reaccionaron los trabajadores frente a la flexibilización laboral, las reformas de mercado y los despidos masivos? ¿De qué modo los empresarios mantuvieron la hegemonía industrial en la crisis del neoliberalismo? El libro formula las preguntas a partir de una aplicación del análisis marxiano para los países periféricos capitalistas. Sobre esta base se propone una conceptualización novedosa de las relaciones laborales, la historia sindical y la acción colectiva de clase. El análisis está enfocado en la industria automotriz argentina entre 1990 y 2007 aunque enmarcado en dinámicas temporales más amplias.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Santella, Agustín

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction
2. What are Trade Unions in Marxist theory?
3. Capital and Class Formation: on Postone and van der Linden
4. General Strikes in 20th Century in Argentina
5. The Debate about Trade Union Bureaucracy
6. Labor Relations and Conflict in the Automobile Sector
7. Workers during the Crisis 1998-2002
8. Contention Dynamics in Fiat and Ford (Further Discussion on Concepts)
9. Cycles of Protest with No Revolutionary Situations, 1958 – 2001
10. Labor Conflict in the 2000s
11. Hegemonic Despotism and Labor Relations in the Automobile Sector
12. Conclusions

References
Author Index
Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Agustin Santella holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (2009) and Master’s Degree from FLACSO (2002). He is a researcher at the National Council of Science and Technology and at the “Gino Germani” Research Institute, Universidad de Buenos Aires.