The professionalization of labour studies in Latin America

comparative results from a survey held in two ALAST congresses

Authors

  • Jorge Walter National Council of Scientific and Technical Research
  • Diego Szlechter Institute of Industry of the University of Sarmiento
  • Juan David Vanegas Daza National University of General Sarmiento

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26489/rvs.v31i43.5

Keywords:

Professionalization, scientific community, labour studies, Latin América

Abstract

The multidisciplinary community of labour studies and the national and regional associations that
gather its specialists have been very dynamic in Latin America during the last decades, in a concomitant
way with a specialization process of Social Sciences in general (De Sierra, Garretón, Murmis &
Trindade, 2007). This article compares the results of two surveys voluntarily answered by members of
the Latin American Association of Labour Studies (ALAst) present at the Sixth Congress held in 2010 in
Mexico and the Eighth Congress held in Buenos Aires in 2016. The comparison yielded new indications
of a “professionalization process” (Gaillard, Krishna & Waast, 1997) of labour studies in the region.

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Author Biographies

  • Jorge Walter, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research

    Doctor of Labor Sociology from the University of Paris 3. Researcher
    Head of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (conicet), headquarters
    University of San Andrés, Argentina. Regular Professor of the University of Buenos
    Aires (uba), Argentina

  • Diego Szlechter, Institute of Industry of the University of Sarmiento

    Doctor in Social Sciences from the National University of General Sarmiento, Argentina. Teaching researcher of the Institute of Industry of said university. Researcher of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (conicet), Argentina

  • Juan David Vanegas Daza, National University of General Sarmiento

    National University of General Sarmie Sociologist. PhD in Social Sciences from the National University of General Sarmiento, Argentina. Doctoral Fellow of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research

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Published

2018-07-01

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 43 (2018): Sociology of Management

Section

Dossier

How to Cite

The professionalization of labour studies in Latin America: comparative results from a survey held in two ALAST congresses. (2018). Revista De Ciencias Sociales, 31(43), 95-120. https://doi.org/10.26489/rvs.v31i43.5