Contestation and Contradicions in the Argentine Redes de Trueque

Description

Complementary and Community Currency Systems are centred on the principle of monetary contestation: The rejection of official money implies a micro-political act of resistance to the government, the globalised economic system and the instruments of control that sustain them. This research seeks to trace the changing and diverse interpretations of monetary contestation in Argentina. It analyses the relationships between the Redes de Trueque and the government in the period 1995-2005, mainly at the local level and including both formal and informal political actors. The idea of monetary contestation was subject to different and changing interpretations that ranged from a clear micro-political project of resistance to a more pragmatic one focused on economic and social resilience. These different interpretations within the Redes de Trueque resulted in vertical and horizontal contradictions. Local governments and informal political brokers supported the project of resilience because they found it consistent with their own political goals and further disseminated the scheme, although it had an impact in terms of contentious politics as well. Check the claim and by whom.

Period	29 Oct 2015
Event title	3rd International Conference on Social and Complementary Currencies
Event type	Other
Location	Salvador do Bahia, BrazilShow on map