Dirigentes de migrantes andinos, empleados y funcionarios públicos ante “el Estado”. Una mirada desde abajo para comprender procesos políticos locales (Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Abstract

This paper explores representations about the State, which are present among the leaders of migrants of the central Andean region (Bolivia, Peru and northwestern Argentina) residents in the city and suburbs of Buenos Aires, who have a history of political struggle marked by a strong interlocution to an other they understand as “the State”. I am interested in investigating how these representations relate to practices that perform these leaders before the government of this city in order to achieve objectives, the meaning of is also linked with that particular image of the State. Therefore I look into the meaning of State for public servants and authorities of GCBA with whom these leaders interact, how that idea is linked with their daily practice within state institutions and how, ultimately, they put into action the State led by these representations, constrained by various regulations and material conditions and demanded by the social actors whose work bound them with.