Abstract
During the 1990’s Argentina was at the forefront of one of the most important privatization processes in the Western world. This breaking down of the old, post-war Intervention State began in the 1980’s when this state was in clear decline. The purpose of this paper is to explore the first privatization attempts which -unlike the following privatizations- caused great conflicts among the political leaders and the organized labor movement. This study focuses on a state-owned, water and sewerage company in Argentina; this company begins its decentralization during the studied years and it is privatized in the following years. Key words: Privatization process, political struggle, democracy, dictatorship.
Highlights
The purpose of this article is to analyze, to what extent, the discourse and implementation of neoliberal recipes met, without resistance, state policies aimed at the privatization of public companies in Argentina during the mid-80s. For this purpose we look into the transition of a local public company –Obras Sanitarias Sociedad de Estado Mar del Plata-Batán– decentralized from a larger company –Obras Sanitarias de la Nación– during that time
Being an autarkic entity, created under extreme urgency, from the onset, OSSE was virtually deprived from initial funding and from the necessary sanitation and sewer and water distribution infrastructure required by any big-tointermediate sized city such as Mar del Plata (Améndola et al, 2011)
We could argue that the union struggle was once again brought forward and that their organization capabilities once again came into play to face a legitimate government
Summary
A perspective on public policies during the last dictatorship and the beginning of democracy in Argentina: The case of “Obras Sanitarias Sociedad de Estado Mar del Plata-Batán”. During the 1990’s Argentina was at the forefront of one of the most important privatization processes in the Western world. This breaking down of the old, post-war Intervention State began in the 1980’s when this state was in clear decline. The purpose of this paper is to explore the first privatization attempts which -unlike the following privatizations- caused great conflicts among the political leaders and the organized labor movement. This study focuses on a state-owned, water and sewerage company in Argentina; this company begins its decentralization during the studied years and it is privatized in the following years
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