Latin America

Grinberg, N., & Starosta, G. (2009). The Limits of Studies in Comparative Development of East Asia and Latin America: the case of land reform and agrarian policies. Third World Quarterly, 30(4), 761–777.

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ABSTRACT This paper critically examines the widespread belief that the early implementation of comprehensive land reforms prior to the industrialisation process, coupled with subsequent agrarian state policies channelling the intersectoral transfer of resources, has been a central determinant of East Asia’s (mainly Taiwan’s and South Korea’s) outperformance of Latin America. We argue that, although those … Read more

Iñigo Carrera, J. (2002a). Estancamiento, crisis y deuda externa: Evidencias de la especificidad de la acumulación de capital en la Argentina. Ciclos en la historia, la economía y la sociedad, 12(23), 3–38.

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ABSTRACT La década del ’90 es comúnmente presentada como de fuerte crecimiento económico argentino. Sin embargo, la expansión física del volumen de actividad fue acompañada por la caída de los valores unitarios, en parte debido al cambio en la composición de la producción. En consecuencia, el estancamiento económico se ha extendido a todo el último … Read more

Guevara, S. (2010b). Poulantzas y la determinación del Estado capitalista: una discusión a partir de la integración industrial en el Mercosur [Poulantzas and the determination of the capitalist state: a discussion based on industrial integration in Mercosur]. Espacios Públicos, 13(27), 113–134

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ABSTRACT In this paper we proposed a systematic discussion of Poulantzas’ study on capitalist State. From this discussion, we advanced in recognition of general determinations of the more concrete phenomenon, namely the development of the capitalist state as the nation-state from the perspective of the critique of political economy developed by Marx. The development continues … Read more

Guevara, S. (2010a). La acción gremial de los trabajadores automotrices en Argentina, desde la posdevaluación hasta la crisis actual [The trade union action of the automotive workers in Argentina, from postdevaluation to the current crisis]. Latin American profiles, 18 (36), 121 – 141.

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ABSTRACT This paper analyses the characteristics that shaped the actions of the employees of the automotive companies in Argentina during the growth process of the industry until the beginning of the current crisis, in order to contribute to the knowledge of the prospects and limitations of those actions. From the viewpoint of industrial relations, changes … Read more

Iñigo, L. (2011). Acumulación y relación capital-trabajo: La reproducción deficiente de la fuerza de trabajo [Accumulation and capital‐labour relation. Deficient labour force reproduction (Western Quilmes, 2001)]. (en colaboración con Salvia, S.) Trabajo y sociedad, (17), 95–104.

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ABSTRACT From the mid-1970s and late 1990s, Argentina has undergone deep economic change, which can be described as a change in labour-capital relations of force. These changes boosted the development of the contradiction between working class productive abilities and the limitations to their realisation implied by capital accumulation process. This article aims at describing the … Read more

Guevara, S. (2011b). El MERCOSUR a la luz de la industria automotriz: integración productiva, intensificación del trabajo y acumulación de capital [MERCOSUR trough the light of the automotive industry: Productive integration, labor intensification and capital accumulation]. Studia Politicae, (23), 52–74.

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ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of the research that crystallised in a doctoral thesis. The latter analysed the determination of the process of integration of automotive industry in Mercosur. From there analysed the conditions and prospects for political action in the region. In this analysis, we discover the effects of labour flexibility and the … Read more

Fitzsimons, A. (2012a). Producción, relaciones sociales y valor: una crítica a la teoría del patrón de acumulación basado en la valorización financiera [Production, social relations and value: a critique to the theory of accumulation model based in financial valorization]. Revista Razón y Revolución, (24), 85–103.

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ABSTRACT The article presents a critique of the concept of “financial valorization” which supports an important current of critical approaches to the path followed by the process of capital accumulation in Argentina between 1976 and 2001. Focusing on Eduardo Basualdo’s work, the article addresses the question about the source of the financial valorization and shows … Read more

Guevara, S. (2012c). La lucha de clases en la industria automotriz del MERCOSUR y la reproducción de la acumulación de capital regional [Class struggle in MERCOSUR automotive industry and reproduction of regional capital accumulation]. Razón y Revolución, (23), 141-155

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ABSTRACT In this paper, the author assumes the class struggle as the way developed by capitalist social relation through which the process of capital accumulation is played normally because through it resolves the sale value of the labor-power. This paper presents a synthetic development of this determination of the class struggle to analyse a particular … Read more

Guevara, S. (2012b). Trabajadores de la industria terminal automotriz del MERCOSUR: acciones ante la nueva etapa de la crisis de superproducción mundial del capital [Workers in the MERCOSUR automotive finishing industry: actions in the light of the new stage in the worldwide capital superproduction crisis]. Espacio abierto. Cuaderno Venezolano de Sociología, 21(1), 5-35.

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ABSTRACT The work presented herein analyses the impact that the current global crisis is having on workers in the MERCOSUR auto industry and on the sector in general. The study will systematise and analyse information generated by business and union organisations on the effect of the crisis in terms of production, sales and employment and … Read more

Guevara, S. (2012a). Reactivación de la movilización obrera en la industria terminal automotriz (2004-2011): Recuperación parcial del salario con persistencia en la flexibilización laboral [Reactivation of labour movilization in the automotive industry (2004-2011) Partial recovery of wages with labur flexibility persistance]. Trabajo y sociedad, (19), 525–539.

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ABSTRACT Since 2004 the power of the workers union of automakers in Argentina grew in visibility. Through collective bargaining, but also increasing of, assemblies in workplaces, public demonstrations, protests and strikes, the revival of labour conflicts led by the workers was giving way to restrain the downward trend experienced both employment had as wages in the sector. However, … Read more