Transcript Tomas Chaves [.ppt]

Self-Governance in a Comparative Perspective
Tomás S. Chaves, BA Political Science and History
Supervised by Professor Filippo Sabetti, Political Science
Theory of
Cooperation
How and why do
people cooperate?
Different types of
cooperation:
Types of
Cooperation
Function
Nature
Mandatory Discretionar
y
Rule Adherence Compliance Deference
Performance
In-role
Extra-role
Different types of
motivation: social
and instrumental
Empirical research
suggests social
motivation to be
more successful
The Gauchada
Barefoot Economies
The establishment of rule
of law in Argentina
Disobedience as a key part
of national character
Even the state when most
fixated with order
resorted to illegality:
desaparecidos
Authority not legitimate
because obedience is
due only to one’s will
or certain fraternal
agreements
The state and morality are
not connected. Only
personal relationships
can be conceived; the
state is impersonal
Manifests in characteristic
Argentine art, such as
Martin Fierro
•New outlook in the
1970s geared towards
economies of
subsistence, often rural,
with peasant nature
•Movement from the
cult of growth to a focus
on poverty
•Methodological
changes: micro case
studies over macro
theories ,mechanistic
and not useful in
studying peasants and
poverty
•Emphasis on moral
issues of the economy,
though to have been
lost