Contributions to the debate on the political consequences of the 2008 agrarian conflict in Argentina

Abstract

e agrarian conflict between the argentine government and the pampean agricultural producers in 2008 due to mobile export taxes on grain exports had political and economic consequences that continued and also affected subsequent governments. e sectoral claim climbed at the national level, summoning the support of other social and political actors, triggering a political crisis that destabilized and weakened the national government. It also meant a strengthening of the agricultural sector in its ability to mobilize, destabilize and build political alliances, that forced successive governments to try new strategies to collect fiscal resources and prevent the measures from generating new conflicts. However, for agricultural producers, this political action did not mean a greater capacity to articulate and negotiate demands that economically benefit the sector.