Book:

Perez, Marcos (2022). Proletarian Lives. Routines, Identity and Culture in Contentious Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Journal Articles:

– Perez, Marcos and Katherine Sobering (Forthcoming). “The Persistent Influence of December 2001: Collective Action in Twenty-First Century Argentina”. Bulletin of Latin American Research.

– Perez, Marcos (Forthcoming). “Counterhegemonic Challenges and the Popularity of Backlash in Jujuy, Argentina”. Latin American Perspectives.

– Perez, Marcos (2021). “Historias personales y compromiso político en el movimiento de trabajadores desocupados”. Entramados y Perspectivas. 11(11):307-339.

– Perez, Marcos (2021). “Fronteras etnoraciales y acción colectiva: la espacialidad de la Organización Barrial Tupac Amaru en San Salvador de Jujuy”. Argumentos. Revista de crítica social. 23:142-175.

– Perez, Marcos (2019). “‘Mira hasta dónde hemos llegado’. Las organizaciones de trabajadores desocupados entre 2003 y 2015”. Sociedad. 39: 311-339.

– Perez, Marcos (2019). “Vida cotidiana, moralidad proletaria y disposiciones militantes en el Movimiento Piquetero de Argentina”. Conflicto Social. 12(21): 160-193.

– Perez, Marcos (2018). “Life Histories and Political Commitment in a Poor People’s Movement”. Qualitative Sociology. 41(1): 89-109

– Perez, Marcos (2018) “Institutional Strengthening in a Receding Movement: The Trajectory of Piquetero Organizations between 2003 and 2015“. Latin American Research Review. 53(2): 287–302.

– Perez, Marcos (2018). “Becoming a Piquetero. Working Class Routines and the Development of Activist Dispositions”. Mobilization: An International Quarterly. 23(2): 237-253.

Winner of the Best Journal Article Award, Labor Studies Section, Latin American Studies Association.

Book Chapters:

– Perez, Marcos (2015). “Manuel: The Luxury of Defending Yourself”. In Auyero, Javier Et Al. Invisible in Austin. Life and Labor in an American City. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Selected Professional Presentations:

– (November 2021) “‘They Expect Good Things to Fall from the Sky’: Traditional Moral Boundaries and Progressive Mobilization in Argentina’s Piquetero Movement”. Social Science History Association 2021 Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

– (August 2021) “Reexamining social movements in US history.” Session organizer. 116th Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association.

– (August 2021) “Activism in today’s world: new agendas for persistent challenges”. Session organizer. 116th Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association.

– (August 2021) “Counter Hegemonic Narratives, State Repression, and Anti-neoliberal Mobilization in Jujuy, Argentina”. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.

– (May 2021) “Nostalgic progressivism: traditional norms and radical mobilization in two Argentinean grassroots movements.” (With Katherine Sobering). Latin American Studies Association 2021 Congress.

– (May 2021) “‘Todos teniamos un sueldito’ Grassroots mobilization, state repression, and labor market exclusion in Jujuy, Argentina”. Latin American Studies Association 2021 Congress.

– (April 2021) “Big festivals, nice buildings, and clean uniforms. The spatiality of collective action in an Argentinean city”. SLAS2021 Conference.

– (April 2021) “Between Reportaje and Entrevista: Challenges to Knowledge Exchange Between Academics and Activists”. International Studies Association 2021 Annual Convention.

– (August 2020) “Resistance Through Innovation: New forms of Work and Organization in Latin America” Session Organizer (With Katherine Sobering), 115th Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association.

– (May 2020) “Militantes y Trabajadores: Nuevas Perspectivas sobre Resistencia Trabajadora en América Latina”. Latin American Studies Association 2020 Congress.

– (May 2020) “The Political Effects of Socioeconomic Decline: Towards a Critical Discussion of Populism” Session Organizer (with Patrisia Macías Rojas). Latin American Studies Association 2020 Congress.

– (August 2019) “New Perspectives on Activism and Political Participation”. Session organizer, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY.

– (August 2019) “Working Class Nostalgia and Progressive Mobilization in Latin America”. States of Exception? 2019 Mini-Conference, New York, NY.

– (June 2019) “De la Línea de Ensamblaje al Corte de Ruta”. Invited talk, Department of Political Science and Government, Torcuato Di Tella University. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

– (May 2019) “A threatened neoliberal order: conflict, repression and hegemony in contemporary Argentina”. Latin American Studies Association 2019 Congress, Boston, MA.

– (March 2019) “The High Price of Mobilization: Empowerment, Hegemony and Repression in Contemporary Jujuy, Argentina”. 55th Society for Latin American Studies Conference, Leicester, UK.

-(May 2018) “Grassroots movements in post-kirchnerist Argentina: the experience of piquetero organizations in Buenos Aires and Jujuy”. Latin American Studies Association 2018 Congress, Barcelona, Spain.

– (August 2017) “Mobilization and Narratives of Resistance in Today’s America”. Session organizer, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Montreal, Canada.

– (June 2017) “Animosidad ajena y construcción política: reflexiones sobre la experiencia de la Tupac Amaru”. Invited Talk, School of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

– (May 2017) “Convertirse en Piquetero: Reconstrucción y desarrollo de rutinas proletarias”. Invited Talk, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, National University of Jujuy. San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina.

– (May 2017). “Community organizing after the good jobs are gone: Latin American social movements and the global politics of blue-collar decline”. Social Movements and Protest: Nonviolent Strategies and the State. San Diego State University. San Diego, CA

– (March 2017) “Personal backgrounds, activist experiences, and the process of becoming an activist”. Young Scholars in Social Movements Mini-Conference, Center for the Study of Social Movements, University of Notre Dame. South Bend, IN.

– (August 2016) “Becoming a Piquetero: Past, Novel and Current Routines in the Development of Activist Dispositions”. 111th Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association. Seattle, WA.

—-Winner of the Mayer Zald Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award.

– (March 2016) “Past, Novel and Current Routines in the Development of Activist Dispositions”. 21st AF&PP Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.

– (August 2015) “What about my Parents? Three Dilemmas of a Community-Based Campus organization” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Chicago, IL.

– (September 2014) “Compañeros de Fierro. Trayectorias de Activistas en el Movimiento Piquetero”. Invited talk, Department of Political Science and Government, Torcuato Di Tella University. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

– (August 2013) “Iron Fellows: Commitment and Disengagement in the Unemployed Workers Movement in Argentina” 108th Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association. New York, NY.

– (August 2013) “Resistance to Quit: how destitute, cynical and disempowered workers overcome barriers to participation” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. New York, NY.

– (August 2013) “Social Movement Participation: recruitment, sustainment and disengagement” Power and Justice in The contemporary World Mini-Conference (ASA and ISA). New York, NY.

– (August 2011) “Improving Opportunities for the Few at the Top: Pro-market Economic Policies and the Regressive Redistribution of Income”. 106th Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association. Las Vegas, NV.

– (February 2011) “Grievances Matter: Unemployment and the trajectory of the piquetero movement”. ILASSA XXXI Conference, The University of Texas at Austin. Austin, TX.

– (October 2010) “Grievances Matter: Unemployment and the trajectory of the piquetero movement”. LAGO Conference, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University. New Orleans, LA.

– (August 2010) “Pro-market economic policies and Income inequality: evidence from developed and developing countries”. 105th Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association. Atlanta, GA.