Routine Crisis: An Ethnography of Disillusion

by Sarah Muir

Book Overview

Argentina, once heralded as the future of capitalist progress, has a long history of economic volatility. In 2001-2002, a financial crisis led to its worst economic collapse, precipitating a dramatic currency devaluation, the largest sovereign default in world history, and the flight of foreign capital. Protests and street blockades punctuated a moment of profound political uncertainty, epitomized by the rapid succession of five presidents in four...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022675278X
• ISBN13: 9780226752785
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"