Governance Operations in the Í€œMost VulnerableÍ€ South of the City of Buenos Aires. Commune 8, the Production of New Í€œOpportunitiesÍ€ and Old Inequalities

Abstract

In the discussion on urban regeneration processes and entrepreneurism as the axis of said policy, the case of the City of Buenos Aires is usually presented from the perspective of projects that cut out and illuminate central areas, generating Í€œexclusive fragments of the cityÍ€ in its search for valuing the local space in the global market of cities. The proposal of this article is to focus on the analysis of a series of urban governance operations articulated on the periphery of the city Í€“ which historically concentrates the Í€œmost deficientÍ€ socioeconomic, housing and educational indicators Í€“, emphasizing the logic from which operates the local state. In this context, the possibilities of transformation promised in this Í€œreturnÍ€ of the State are investigated, as well as the contested character of the production of Í€œopportunitiesÍ€.