Public enterprises at a crossroads: challenges and performance of the state model in Argentina's metropolitan railways in the 21st century
This article discusses the state enterprise by taking the case of the passenger railways in the Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires, a service where the failed experience of its concession to private operators led to the nationalization of the services, but which today, is once again among the compa...
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Universidad Nacional de Rosario - Centro de Investigaciones Sociales (CIS) IDES /CONICET
2025
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| Sumario: | This article discusses the state enterprise by taking the case of the passenger railways in the Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires, a service where the failed experience of its concession to private operators led to the nationalization of the services, but which today, is once again among the companies subject to privatization. What was the genesis of this return of the State? What problems did it propose to solve? What interests were deployed within the framework of the system? In short, what was the dominant logic of the state enterprise model in the railway and how did it affect its performance and the assessments of public decision-makers, workers and users on state management? The methodology used is based on an instrumental case study of the sector between 2015 and 2024. For its construction, the study employed techniques of documentary analysis (regulations and specialized press), analysis of official statistics, construction of profiles and socio-occupational trajectories of the presidents of the companies and in-depth interviews with public decision-makers and workers. A survey of one hundred ninety railway users was also carried out in June 2024, when the privatization of several state-owned companies had already been proposed. |
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