TY - CHAP AB - Abstract This chapter presents a brief description of the development of capitalism in Argentina, focusing on the situation of the working class and its practices. It analyzes the relationship between the main directions of capitalist development and the means of struggle used by the working class for more than a hundred years. It describes the predominant tendencies (in breadth and depth) of the development of capitalism in Argentina and the consequent main direction of the movement of the population (attraction or repulsion) in relation to capitalist relations. From the nineteenth century to the mid-seventies of the twentieth century, capitalism developed mainly in breadth, incorporating population, general strikes became a frequent practice and workers achieved a place in the institutional system. In the last quarter of the twentieth century, capitalist developed mainly in depth and, consequently, repulsion of population became dominant, increasing unemployment and poverty. Workers’ organizations lost some of their strength, but new organizations of the unemployed and the poor emerged, and roadblocks extended as an instrument of struggle. VL - 34 SN - 978-1-78973-592-5, 978-1-78973-591-8/0161-7230 DO - 10.1108/S0161-723020190000034008 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0161-723020190000034008 AU - Carrera Nicolás Iñigo PY - 2019 Y1 - 2019/01/01 TI - Capitalist Development in Argentina and Working Class Practices (1870–2018) T2 - Class History and Class Practices in the Periphery of Capitalism T3 - Research in Political Economy PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 117 EP - 141 Y2 - 2024/03/29 ER -