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Antipoda. Revista de Antropología y Arqueología
Print version ISSN 1900-5407
Abstract
PERELMAN, Laura and VARGAS, Patricia. Credentialism and recommendation:: the bases for the reproduction of the iron and steel workers in contemporary Argentina. Antipod. Rev. Antropol. Arqueol. [online]. 2013, n.17, pp.153-174. ISSN 1900-5407.
This article focuses on the reproduction of the iron and steel working class in contemporary Argentina. The ethnography looks at the case of the formerly state-run steel company Somisa, which was privatized in the 1990s. After privatization, staff recruiting and hiring practices underwent a substantial transformation, marking the end of the earlier custom-based mechanisms of intergenerational job transfer. However, workers still attempt to preserve and reinvent these mechanisms at the factory through credentialism and recommendation.
Keywords : Reproduction of the working class; iron and steel industry; credentialism; recommendation.