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Verónica Gago is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, Professor at the Instituto de Altos Estudios, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, and Assistant Researcher at the National Council of Research (CONICET). Her work is deeply influenced by active participation in the experience of Colectivo Situaciones.
List of contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. Neoliberalism from Below: A Perspective from Latin America 1
1. Between the Proletarian Microeconomy and the Transnational Network: La Salada 29
2. Between La Salada and the Workshop: Communitarian Wealth in Dispute 78
3. Between Servitude and the New Popular Entrepreneurship: The Clandestine Textile Workshop 108
4. Between the Workshop and the Villa: A Discussion about Neoliberalism 153
5. Between Postnational Citizenship and the Ghetto: The Motley City 178
6. Between Populism and the Politics of the Governed: Governmentality and Autonomy 218
Conclusion. Neoliberal Reason 234
Notes 237
References 257
Index 271
About the author
Verónica Gago is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, Professor at the Instituto de Altos Estudios, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, and Assistant Researcher at the National Council of Research (CONICET). Her work is deeply influenced by active participation in the experience of Colectivo Situaciones.
Summary
Verónica Gago provides a new theory of neoliberalism by examining how Latin American neoliberalism is propelled not just from above by international finance, corporations, and government, but by the activities of migrant workers, vendors, sweatshop workers, and other marginalized groups in and around the La Salada market in Buenos Aires.
