Argentina and Brazil between rights and precarity

the new old labor order

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61999/abet.1676-4439.2025v24n2.75010

Abstract

This essay analyzes, through a comparative lens, the transformations of the labor markets in Argentina and Brazil since industrialization, highlighting the impacts of productive restructuring and recent neoliberal reforms. It argues that both countries share structural elements of exclusion and informality, despite having distinct institutional trajectories. From a critical perspective, the article investigates the role of the state and social protection in the regulation of labor, examining how neoliberal reforms have deepened the precarization and fragmentation of labor relations. Finally, it emphasizes the role of informality as a functional element of peripheral capitalism and the urgent need for public policies aimed at valuing labor and promoting social inclusion.

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Author Biography

Francisco Thainan Diniz Maia, UNICAMP

PhD candidate in Labor Economics (IFCH/Unicamp) within the Center for Trade Union Studies and Labor Economics (CESIT).

Published

2026-10-08

How to Cite

Diniz Maia, F. T. (2026). Argentina and Brazil between rights and precarity: the new old labor order. Revista Da ABET, 24(2), 46–62. https://doi.org/10.61999/abet.1676-4439.2025v24n2.75010