Nationalize to Privatize: The Nationalization of the Petrochemical Company INDUPA in 1994

This article analyzes the nationalization of the petrochemical company indupa, carried out by the government of Carlos Menem in 1994, trying to answer the following question: why does a neoliberal government, in the midst of privatizing structural reforms, decide to advance over the private sector?...

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Autor principal: De Bellis, Jonás Chaia
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Publicado: Centro de Estudios de Historia Económica Argentina y Latinoamericana (CEHEAL) 2021
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Nationalization
Public Enterprises
Industrial Policy
Nacionalización
Empresa Pública
Política Industrial
Acceso en línea:https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/H-ind/article/view/2197
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spelling I28-R145-2197_oai2025-02-11 De Bellis, Jonás Chaia 2021-12-27 This article analyzes the nationalization of the petrochemical company indupa, carried out by the government of Carlos Menem in 1994, trying to answer the following question: why does a neoliberal government, in the midst of privatizing structural reforms, decide to advance over the private sector? The main hypothesis of this article is that neoliberal governments can nationalize companies as long as they are in crisis and are quickly returned to a deregulated market; the state manages the companies only to restructure them up and then reprivatize them, without showing any intention of retaining them for political uses (setting prices, benefiting internal market players, regulating sectors, etc.). Furthermore, this article argues that this type of nationalization takes place when the industrial bourgeoisie is unable to impose its own pattern of reproduction El presente artículo analiza la estatización de la empresa petroquímica indupa realizada por el gobierno de Carlos Menem en 1994, intentando responder al siguiente interrogante: ¿por qué un gobierno neoliberal, en pleno proceso de reformas estructurales privatizadoras, decide avanzar sobre el sector privado? La hipótesis principal de este artículo es que los gobiernos neoliberales pueden estatizar empresas, siempre y cuando las mismas se encuentren en crisis y sean rápidamente devueltas a un mercado desregulado; el Estado administra las empresas solo para sanearlas y luego reprivatizarlas, sin mostrar ninguna intención de retenerlas para utilizarlas políticamente (fijando precios, beneficiando a actores del mercado interno, regulando sectores, etc.). A su vez, el artículo sostiene que este tipo de estatización tiene lugar cuando la burguesía industrial es incapaz de imponer su propio patrón de reproducción. application/pdf text/html https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/H-ind/article/view/2197 10.56503/H-Industria/n.29(15)pp.49-69 spa Centro de Estudios de Historia Económica Argentina y Latinoamericana (CEHEAL) https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/H-ind/article/view/2197/2975 https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/H-ind/article/view/2197/2990 H-industria. Journal of the History of Industry and Development in Latin America; No. 29 (15): Second Semester 2021; 49-69 H-industria. Revista de historia de la industria y el desarrollo en América Latina; Núm. 29 (15): Segundo Semestre de 2021; 49-69 H-industria. Revista sobre a história da indústria e desenvolvimento na América Latina; n. 29 (15): Segundo Semestre de 2021; 49-69 1851-703X Nationalization Public Enterprises Industrial Policy Nacionalización Empresa Pública Política Industrial Nationalize to Privatize: The Nationalization of the Petrochemical Company INDUPA in 1994 Estatizar para privatizar: La estatización de la petroquímica INDUPA en 1994 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=hindus&d=2197_oai
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topic Nationalization
Public Enterprises
Industrial Policy
Nacionalización
Empresa Pública
Política Industrial
spellingShingle Nationalization
Public Enterprises
Industrial Policy
Nacionalización
Empresa Pública
Política Industrial
De Bellis, Jonás Chaia
Nationalize to Privatize: The Nationalization of the Petrochemical Company INDUPA in 1994
topic_facet Nationalization
Public Enterprises
Industrial Policy
Nacionalización
Empresa Pública
Política Industrial
description This article analyzes the nationalization of the petrochemical company indupa, carried out by the government of Carlos Menem in 1994, trying to answer the following question: why does a neoliberal government, in the midst of privatizing structural reforms, decide to advance over the private sector? The main hypothesis of this article is that neoliberal governments can nationalize companies as long as they are in crisis and are quickly returned to a deregulated market; the state manages the companies only to restructure them up and then reprivatize them, without showing any intention of retaining them for political uses (setting prices, benefiting internal market players, regulating sectors, etc.). Furthermore, this article argues that this type of nationalization takes place when the industrial bourgeoisie is unable to impose its own pattern of reproduction
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title_short Nationalize to Privatize: The Nationalization of the Petrochemical Company INDUPA in 1994
title_full Nationalize to Privatize: The Nationalization of the Petrochemical Company INDUPA in 1994
title_fullStr Nationalize to Privatize: The Nationalization of the Petrochemical Company INDUPA in 1994
title_full_unstemmed Nationalize to Privatize: The Nationalization of the Petrochemical Company INDUPA in 1994
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