Reconsidering Social Movement Unionism in Postcrisis Argentina


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Serdar A.

LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES, cilt.42, ss.74-89, 2015 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0094582x14534607
  • Dergi Adı: LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.74-89
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina, established in 1992, worked to expand its base, especially among nonunion organizations, to construct an anti-neoliberal front. Driven by the threat of neoliberalism rather than by political opportunities, it was initially outstanding among social movement unions in its reach and its unity. It excelled not only in building alliances with the community but in organizing the community itself. However, the structural weakness resulting from its not being located in a key industrial sector and its lack of legal privileges, which was originally compensated for by its alliances, eventually made it unable to take advantage of changing political opportunities.