Bio

Bio

I am a political economist and doctoral candidate at UMass Amherst, researching the geographically uneven development of global capitalism from a comparative-relational approach in historical perspective. My work bridges classical political economy and contemporary state theory, with special focus on Latin America at the shadow of U.S. Imperialism. I build datasets, formal models, and digital archives—not just to understand history, but to contribute on transformating the present.

Industrial Patronage: The Labour Process in Chile in the Periphery of Atlantic Fordism

Date:

Conference presentation at International Labour Process Conference (ILPC) 2025, Santiago, Chile

This talk reconstructs Chile’s Fordist-era labour regime as a dependent adaptation shaped by the legacy of inquilinaje and urban paternalism. Working within labour-process theory, it traces how territorial discipline and a social wage combined to foster both workplace consent and grassroots organizing. Comparative contrasts with Atlantic Fordism highlight balance-of-payments constraints, disarticulated industrialization, and over-urbanization, culminating in the 1970-1973 crisis when nationalizations met a wave of strikes and external pressures.

Materials

Slides