GEOG 3050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Carlos Menem, Convertibility Plan, Free Trade

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 3050
• Professor: Kate Parizeau

Document Summary

Week 5 whitson beyond the crisis: economic globalization and informal work in urban argentina . The article is about the economic crisis in argentina that happen predominately in 2002 where rates of informal work rose to extremely high levels. The researcher, rita whitson, conducted interviews with these informal workers and asked them questions about conditions in the country and the general nature of work in argentina. Her main point is that the lack of formal work, an increase in probationary employment and an increase in contract arrangements are all major causes of informal work. She says that in order to understand informal work in argentina we need to understand the history of globalization and neoliberal policies that have shaped the informal work industry in the country. The neoliberal economic policies that have affected globalization were trade liberalization, privatization and deregulation.