When looting becomes a right: Urban poverty and food riots in Argentina

In this Argentine case study, the author focuses on the connections between increasing urban poverty and food riots. Having described the wave of looting that occurred in Cordoba, Rosario and Buenos Aires in 1989, he analyzes the organization and targets of collective violence, noting that in contra...

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Main Author: Serulnikov, Sergio (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 1994
In: Latin American perspectives
Year: 1994, Volume: 21, Issue: 82, Pages: 69-89
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Keywords:
Armut
Slum
Plünderung
Argentinien > Armut > Slum > Plünderungen
Argentinien
Hungerrevolte
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Summary:In this Argentine case study, the author focuses on the connections between increasing urban poverty and food riots. Having described the wave of looting that occurred in Cordoba, Rosario and Buenos Aires in 1989, he analyzes the organization and targets of collective violence, noting that in contrast to similar occurrences in other Latin American cities, in this instance the poor looted shops and supermarkets in their own neighborhoods, the basic goal being the "satisfaction of immediate necessities". At the same time he stresses the point that the very existence of a slum-dwellers' protest "undermined the viability of a system based on their limitless acquiescence in deprivation". (Lat Am Persp/DÜI)
Physical Description:Lit. S. 87-89
ISSN:0094-582X