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In order to begin to study the field of relations between the left and the Agrarian Leagues in the 1970s in Argentina, in this article we propose to review the existing literature and a work agenda that aims to outline future lines of research. We took three directions to select the bibliography. On the one hand, we reconstruct the historiographical contributions of the researchers who sought to delve into the treatment that the Argentine left made of the national agrarian question. These studies, however, do not cover the years of our study, although they show that throughout their history, revolutionary organizations contemplated the problem. On the other hand, we observe the reflections on the political practices of the left, where we review the different lines of work and approach. We will see there that the studies of the 1970s did not contemplate in depth the agrarian problem. Finally, we revisit the existing studies on the Agrarian Leagues. We conclude with a series of objectives and hypotheses that can be explored to begin to fill the gap in current knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The United Forces for Our Disappeared in Nuevo Leon (FUNDENL) is a group of mothers and wives of people who disappeared. FUNDENL organizes autonomously to find their family members. This group is maintaining the legacy of women who have historically mobilized against disappearances, such as the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo during the dictatorship in Argentina or the mothers of the Eureka Committee during the "dirty war" in Mexico. Why are women the ones who, in most cases, decide to search for their loved ones? The goal of this text is to analyze the gender dimension in the representations of collective identity and activism of the members of FUNDENL by observing their processes of resistance and empowerment through a feminist lens. The article argues the practices in their struggle, such as the embroidery for peace, are linked to their own experiences as women and mothers. Life histories and qualitative field work are used to understand this issue. With traditionally feminine practices, such as embroidery, the mothers and wives of FUNDENL resignify motherhood and love in the struggle for the disappeared, constructing new references about the role of women in social mobilization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Since Argentina's socio-economic crisis (2001-2002), the phenomenon of workers taking over, or recovering, bankrupt companies has spread across the country. In this article, we present findings related to strategies of collective action that favor self-management. To do so, first we develop a typology of the incentives to recover companies through collective action. Next we describe how the social movement's organization has evolved. Third, we discuss the initial strategies of economic articulation between these companies. Our hypothesis is that, so long as the social movement is politically and socially week, the predominant strategies will be market insertion by companies on an individual basis. By contrast, a greater degree of mobilization would create more favorable conditions for strategies of productive integration and of strengthening the social economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A state of the question will be presented for diverse theoretical frameworks through which the social sciences approach social mobilization problems in general and their application to social mobilization processes in the peasant farmer base in particular. This work is part of a research project whose objective is to analyze the presence and role of peasant farmer organizations in the agricultural conflict that occurred in 2008 in Argentina, considering that, as a reaction to the application of neoliberal agrarian policies on both the state as well as the regional level, social movements with a peasant base arose that were, in turn, part of a greater framework that includes processes with similar characteristics in Latin America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this work is to offer a theoretical and explanatory framework for the analysis of the events happened in Santa Rosa city in the summer of the 2008, which finished with mayor Juan Carlos Tierno's dismissal. The paper tries to put in the foreground the relationships between the politics's domains and art. That's why we work with the concepts already developed by a series of classical authors of the aesthetic studies. In the same way, we try to confront those conceptual and methodological determinations with the social mobilization and the aesthetic actions developed at the same time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article systematizes the main results of a line of research that examines the institutional and collective actions of social organizations linked to health problems of women located in the city of Buenos Aires. In a significant sample of women's organizations there are explored their political and ideological profiles that guide their conceptions and practices regarding the role of the State and the scope of the non governmental field, analyzing their position in respect of the sexual and reproductive rights ant the public policies. Finally, it summarizes the major struggles and collective demands of women's groups during the period 1997-2007, with particular reference to issues of sexual and reproductive health. We worked with semi-structured interviews, participant observation and non-participatory observation and analysis of graphic documents and audiovisual materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the state actions and the practices of social mobilization around the problem of unemployment in contemporary Argentina, putting emphasis in the interactions between both. From an ethnographic approach, we focus in the organizations of unemployed people and recovered companies to approach those categories that will result more relevant in the field, and those which stand out are worthy and genuine work. These categories are central as much in the configuration of the processes of constructing identity as in the formation of demands, showing the complexity that the problem of unemployment assumes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]