Honorable mention, 2025 Premio Iberoamericano, Latin American Studies Association
“A partir de la pregunta acerca de que queda cuando el trabajo desaparece y como habitamos esas ruinas, Marcos Perez reconstruye un mundo pleno de sentidos y actividades asociadas al mundo del trabajo”
CLAUDIO BENZECRY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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“This is truly a gem for those interested in contentious politics in the Americas and beyond”
JAVIER AUYERO, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
“A superb analysis of the micro-dynamics of reincorporation struggles”
FEDERICO ROSSI, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN
“Brings together seamlessly theory and rich ethnographic data”
NEIL GROSS, COLBY COLLEGE
Based on multi-year ethnographic fieldwork on the Unemployed Workers’ Movement in Argentina (also known as the piqueteros), Proletarian Lives provides a case study of how workers affected by job loss protect their traditional forms of life by engaging in progressive grassroots mobilization.
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