Social Movements in Argentina in the 20th century

The course aims to point out the main trends of the social movements in Argentina, since the last decades of the 19th century, when Argentina’s new place in the world market developed capitalist relations, by means of the proletarianization of indigenous and -criollo” populations and European migrants – a long cycle of capitalist expansion that ended in the last quarter of the 20th century and culminated with the structural crisis in 2001. For more than a hundred years the workers movement has been the most important social movement in Argentina. Although the main political and ideological organisations (anarchism, socialism, syndicalism, communism, peronism) changed through the 20th Century unions and workers political organisations remained one of the principal subjects in politics. Even the strong organisations of the unemployed at the end of the 20th Century were tightly related to unions and political organisations of the workers. Women’s movement and students’ movement have also a long history in Argentina, the first since the dawn of the 20th Century, when socialists and feminists fought for political and social rights. Civic rights were achieved during the Peronist government (1947) and since the end the century women’s movement has struggled for social rights. Students’ movement developed itself since 1918, birth date of -la Reforma Universitaria”, and during long periods (the thirties, sixties and seventies) was closely related to the workers movement, although during the first Peronist government they were fiercely opposed. Indigenous movement and ecological movement have more recent history. The first since the mid-20th century, the latter appeared at the end of the century. A special reference will be made to the Human Rights movement, particularly during the last military government (Madres de la Plaza de Mayo). Iñigo Carrera, Nicolás; -From Worker’s Movement to Movement of the Unemployed, 1870-2001: Imperialism, Capitalist Development, Social and Political Changes among the Subordinated Classes in Argentina”, in Jomo K.S. and Khoo KhayJin -Globalization and its Discontents, Revisited”, New Delhi (India); Tulika Books – SEPHIS, 2003. Munck, Ronaldo; Falcón, Ricardo y Galitelli, Bernardo; Argentina: from anarchism to peronism. Workers, unions and politics, 1855-1985; London, Zed Books, 1987. Carlson, Marifran, Feminismo, The Woman's Movement in Argentina From Its Beginnings to Eva Peron. Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1988. Gordillo, Gaston and Hirsch, Silvia; -Indigenous Struggles and Contested Identities in Argentina. Histories of Invisibilization and Reemergence”; in: American Anthropological Association; The Journal of Latin American Anthropology 8 (3), 2003. Hatzky, Christine, Prof. Dr. Die Vorbesprechung am 21.04.16 ist obligatorisch. Universität Hannover SoSe 2016 Sonderpädagogik, Master LA Sonderpädagogik Carrera Nicolas Inigo