Abstract

PIVA, Adrián. The Disorganization of the Class Action in the Recent Argentina and the Conceptual Problems for the Study of Labor Conflict. Estud. Polit. [online]. 2016, n.48, pp.73-93. ISSN 0121-5167.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.espo.n48a05.

This article discusses some trends of the labor conflict and its role in the social conflict in Argentina since 1989 as an approximation to the processes of formation and disorganization of the collective action by the salaried class. Simultaneously, it addresses the problem of the categories of analysis of the social conflict; particularly, of the labor conflict, for the measurement of the amount of conflict. In order to do this, a strategy of quantitative analysis has been implemented, whose point of departure were data of conflict both retrieved by us and from other researchers. The main hypothesis is that, during the 90s, a process of disorganization in the salaried class took place in Argentina, characterized by the loss of social force of the class action agency within the set of social struggles, and the fragmentation of the actions by the working class. This process calls into question the traditional methods for conceptualizing and measuring social conflict, particularly in the workers, and evidences the need to improve and adapt theoretical and methodological tools in order to comprehend the different trends within the social and labor conflict.

Keywords : Social Conflict; Labor Conflicts; Social Classes; Identities; Argentina.

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