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Kennedy, Damián
Graña, Juan M.
Materias
Idioma
spa
Extent
314 p.
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Cobertura
ARG
1945-2015
Abstract
This thesis aims at explaining the foundations of labour power differentiation, studying its specificity for Latin-American societies and, finally, analysing its manifestations for the Argentinean case. With the term ‘labour power differentiation’ we refer to the formation of various groups within the labouring population that present dissimilar characteristics, play different roles in the labour-process, and have diverse relationships with capital accumulation. The thesis is organized into three sections.
The first section focuses on the general determinants of the differentiation of labour power, using Marx’s approach critically. We review the different ideas put forward by this author throughout his writings, mainly in Capital and the Grundrisse. We analyse the interpretation from Braverman and the debate regarding the deskilling of labour power, as well as the studies on immaterial labour by the Postworkerist theory and the discussion on the changes in labour’s materiality. We argue that the new international division of labour and the changes in the labour process that took place since the mid-1970 meant a deepening of the differentiation of the world-wide working class.
In the second section, we elaborate on the specificity of Latin America regarding labour power differentiation by reviewing the main approaches on this issue. We analyse the ‘urban informal sector’ theory, the studies on marginality and the dependency theory. Furthermore, we study the specificity of countries specialized in the production of agrarian commodities and the consequences for the reproduction of labour power, using Iñigo Carrera’s approach. We take up this vision in order to critically engage with the Latin-American approaches on labour power differentiation.
Section III is devoted to the Argentinean case and the concrete manifestations of labour power differentiation in this country. We put forward an analysis of the economic structure of Argentina and the shaping of the working class from a historical perspective. We study several indicators that depict the process of payment of labour power below its value, which established in Argentina since the emergence of the new international division of labour. We describe the process of deepening of labour power differentiation through an empirical analysis.
The first section focuses on the general determinants of the differentiation of labour power, using Marx’s approach critically. We review the different ideas put forward by this author throughout his writings, mainly in Capital and the Grundrisse. We analyse the interpretation from Braverman and the debate regarding the deskilling of labour power, as well as the studies on immaterial labour by the Postworkerist theory and the discussion on the changes in labour’s materiality. We argue that the new international division of labour and the changes in the labour process that took place since the mid-1970 meant a deepening of the differentiation of the world-wide working class.
In the second section, we elaborate on the specificity of Latin America regarding labour power differentiation by reviewing the main approaches on this issue. We analyse the ‘urban informal sector’ theory, the studies on marginality and the dependency theory. Furthermore, we study the specificity of countries specialized in the production of agrarian commodities and the consequences for the reproduction of labour power, using Iñigo Carrera’s approach. We take up this vision in order to critically engage with the Latin-American approaches on labour power differentiation.
Section III is devoted to the Argentinean case and the concrete manifestations of labour power differentiation in this country. We put forward an analysis of the economic structure of Argentina and the shaping of the working class from a historical perspective. We study several indicators that depict the process of payment of labour power below its value, which established in Argentina since the emergence of the new international division of labour. We describe the process of deepening of labour power differentiation through an empirical analysis.
Título obtenido
Doctor de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en Ciencias Sociales
Institución otorgante
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales