Latin American Studies ETDs
Publication Date
7-1-2015
Abstract
This thesis provides an exploration of an empresa recuperada por sus trabajadores (worker recovered enterprise, ERT) case study in Argentina in an effort to understand their impact to employment retention during economic crisis. Part of the larger social upheaval resulting from failed economic liberalization during the 1990s, ERTs attempt to implement an alternative economic development strategy through self-management of previously private enterprises. This thesis explores one ERT located in Florencio Varela, Argentina, in an effort to understand the impact the ERTs have in local communities in terms of employment retention and social capital production. Lastly, the analysis examines the role that ERTs play in both the development and dissemination of an economic human rights norm. This case provides an insight into the larger ERT movement in Argentina and provides recommendations to both ERTs and policymakers in terms of how to promote the sustainability of these enterprises.
Language
English
Keywords
ERTs, empresas recuperadas, Argentina, economic development, unemployment, norm dissemination, social capital, economic human rights, human rights, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Latin American Studies
Second Degree Name
Community and Regional Planning
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
Latin American Studies
Second Department
School of Architecture and Planning
First Committee Member (Chair)
Stanley, Bill
Second Committee Member
Cordova, Teresa
Recommended Citation
Kent, Patricia. "The right to work in Argentina : job policy and economic rights in a worker cooperative." (2015). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ltam_etds/17
Comments
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