Glocal riots

In the last decade, the Argentine interior became a landscape of violent pr otest. Structural adjustment or 'austerity programs' are undoubtedly at the root of this upsurge in contention. But there are crucial local mediations worth exploring. Based on archival research, in-depth interviewing and sec ondary sources, this article draws upon the recent 'relational turn' in the study of collective action to explore some of the processes that led to tw o of the most violent episodes of collective claim-making in contemporary A rgentina: the riots in Santiago del Estero (1993) and Corrientes (1999).