Non-institutionalized citizen participation, protest and democracy in Argentina

In the 1990s, Argentines have participated in numerous collective protests to express their discontent with the consequences of reforms by the state, especially in provinces where, pressured by social needs, there exists a high level of institutional instability. This article presents the case of Tu...

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Autor: Rodríguez Blanco, Maricel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista ICONOS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/448
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/448
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Acción colectiva
Protestas sociales
Piqueteros
Jujuy
Argentina
Collective action
Social protest
protest
piqueteros
Descripción
Sumario:In the 1990s, Argentines have participated in numerous collective protests to express their discontent with the consequences of reforms by the state, especially in provinces where, pressured by social needs, there exists a high level of institutional instability. This article presents the case of Tupac Amaru, a piquetero’s organization of unemployed and informal workers created in 1999 in the province of Jujuy as a way to participate, rather than through political parties and labor unions. The protest actions of the piqueteros, legitimized by governments as the only way to channel demands for goods and services, would be articulated with actions of territorial intermediation around the resolution of problems and the availability of services.