Abstract

ROFMAN, Alejandro  and  VAZQUEZ BLANCO, Juan Manuel. Social Welfare Help During Socio- Economic Crisis in Argentina: School of Economics Experience at the University of Buenos Aires From 2004 to 2006. Cienc. docencia tecnol. [online]. 2006, n.32, pp.9-48. ISSN 1851-1716.

This paper is focused on the current socio-economical crisis in Argentina. We will dicuss the Public University role in being involved on the support of empoverished sectors of the Federal District population as a way to help that people to cope with the deep negative impact of the Neo-liberalistic program adopted by the National government during the 90´s. Our objective is to describe one of the Social Welfare programs launched by the School of Economics in order to back the current cooperative enterprises organized by those who have been their employees when the firms collapsed. The new cooperative enterprises replaced the old capitalistic functional system of the firms which had to be closed by their owners due to the crisis. Most of the former workers occupied the establishments and put them back into productive activity. The School of Economics designed an integral program, based in voluntary work, to give the new owners tools to strenghten the development of the firm and to assure democracy and solidarity in its management.

Keywords : Universitary Social Welfare; Self-organized management; Labor force; "Recuperated" enterprises; Argentina.

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