Collective action in Argentina: Actors, demands and forms of struggle since the democratic return

Abstract

This article presents a brief history of social conflict in Argentina for the period 1989-2017. The evolution of social conflicts are investigated based on the dynamic analysis of collective action in its relation with political processes. In particular, we will work with three of the dimensions that make them up: the contentious actors, the main demands they enunciate, and the forms of struggle carried out. At a general level, a process of diversification of collective action and a growing impact of conflicts on the development of institutional policy is shown.