Student conflict, political radicalization and university reformism during the sixties and seventies. The case of the student movement of the city of La Plata 1969-1972

Abstract

This paper is part of the field of studies on the history of the reformist student movement during the 60s and 70s in Argentina and has as its most specific purpose the development of a map of the conflictivity of the student movement developed between the years 1969-1972, in a particular region: the city of La Plata. The map of the conflict will be carried out through a quantitative study, made from newspaper sources. The variables that will be analyzed will be the following: the intensity and massiveness evidenced by the conflicts; the different sectors of the student movement that presented a greater role; the demands that motorized the struggles; the forms and characteristics that student conflicts acquired, as well as the links they established with the workers' movement and with other social sectors. The tendencies of the student conflict will be put in tension with those of the labor movement of the Gran La Plata, which we have analyzed in other works, which will allow us not only to contrast but also to appreciate more precisely the particularities presented by the conflictivity of the reformist student movement platense. The purpose of this analysis is to be able to make complex certain readings and general interpretations about the period in particular, as well as to deepen on topics and dimensions referring to the characteristics and dynamics of the Student movement in general.