Visible Fists, Clandestine Kicks, and Invisible Elbows: Three Forms of Regulating Neoliberal Poverty

Argentina In a preliminary attempt to understand the daily production of poor people’s subordination in contemporary Argentina, this paper explores the workings of overt and covert forms of state violence against the urban destitute and of more subtle modes of domination. Attention to the simultaneo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Javier Auyero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEDLA 2010-10-01
Series:European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9455/
id doaj-4f934784a0c34eb1a2c3af75753de192
record_format Article
spelling doaj-4f934784a0c34eb1a2c3af75753de1922020-11-24T22:10:00ZengCEDLAEuropean Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies1879-47502010-10-0108952610.18352/erlacs.94559225Visible Fists, Clandestine Kicks, and Invisible Elbows: Three Forms of Regulating Neoliberal PovertyJavier Auyero0University of Texas-AustinArgentina In a preliminary attempt to understand the daily production of poor people’s subordination in contemporary Argentina, this paper explores the workings of overt and covert forms of state violence against the urban destitute and of more subtle modes of domination. Attention to the simultaneous operation of what this paper calls visible fists, clandestine kicks, and invisible elbows in the daily life of the dispossessed serves to a) better integrate violence into the study of popular politics, and b) cast light on the productive (and not merely repressive) nature of state power.   Resumen: Puños visibles, patadas clandestinas y codos invisibles: tres formas de regulación de la pobreza neoliberal En un acercamiento preliminar a la producción cotidiana de la subordinación de los pobres urbanos en la Argentina contemporánea, este artículo explora las formas abiertas y encubiertas de violencia estatal contra los más destituidos y las modalidades más sutiles de dominación. Una atención simultánea a lo que el artículo denomina puños visibles, patadas clandestinas, y codos invisibles en la vida cotidiana de los desposeídos es útil a los efectos de: a) integrar la violencia en el estudio de la política popular, y b) iluminar la naturaleza productiva (y no meramente represiva) del poder estatal.http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9455/state violenceurban povertyArgentinaviolencia estatalpobreza urbana
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Javier Auyero
spellingShingle Javier Auyero
Visible Fists, Clandestine Kicks, and Invisible Elbows: Three Forms of Regulating Neoliberal Poverty
European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
state violence
urban poverty
Argentina
violencia estatal
pobreza urbana
author_facet Javier Auyero
author_sort Javier Auyero
title Visible Fists, Clandestine Kicks, and Invisible Elbows: Three Forms of Regulating Neoliberal Poverty
title_short Visible Fists, Clandestine Kicks, and Invisible Elbows: Three Forms of Regulating Neoliberal Poverty
title_full Visible Fists, Clandestine Kicks, and Invisible Elbows: Three Forms of Regulating Neoliberal Poverty
title_fullStr Visible Fists, Clandestine Kicks, and Invisible Elbows: Three Forms of Regulating Neoliberal Poverty
title_full_unstemmed Visible Fists, Clandestine Kicks, and Invisible Elbows: Three Forms of Regulating Neoliberal Poverty
title_sort visible fists, clandestine kicks, and invisible elbows: three forms of regulating neoliberal poverty
publisher CEDLA
series European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
issn 1879-4750
publishDate 2010-10-01
description Argentina In a preliminary attempt to understand the daily production of poor people’s subordination in contemporary Argentina, this paper explores the workings of overt and covert forms of state violence against the urban destitute and of more subtle modes of domination. Attention to the simultaneous operation of what this paper calls visible fists, clandestine kicks, and invisible elbows in the daily life of the dispossessed serves to a) better integrate violence into the study of popular politics, and b) cast light on the productive (and not merely repressive) nature of state power.   Resumen: Puños visibles, patadas clandestinas y codos invisibles: tres formas de regulación de la pobreza neoliberal En un acercamiento preliminar a la producción cotidiana de la subordinación de los pobres urbanos en la Argentina contemporánea, este artículo explora las formas abiertas y encubiertas de violencia estatal contra los más destituidos y las modalidades más sutiles de dominación. Una atención simultánea a lo que el artículo denomina puños visibles, patadas clandestinas, y codos invisibles en la vida cotidiana de los desposeídos es útil a los efectos de: a) integrar la violencia en el estudio de la política popular, y b) iluminar la naturaleza productiva (y no meramente represiva) del poder estatal.
topic state violence
urban poverty
Argentina
violencia estatal
pobreza urbana
url http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9455/
work_keys_str_mv AT javierauyero visiblefistsclandestinekicksandinvisibleelbowsthreeformsofregulatingneoliberalpoverty
_version_ 1725809618232279040