Julio Godio
Encyclopedia
Julio Godio was an Argentine
sociologist
.
Born at La Plata
, Buenos Aires Province
, he was elected president of the students' union of the University of La Plata
in 1958. Very much related with the labor movement (in Argentina and Latin America
), Julio Godio was an official of ILO-ACTRAV, and worked actively with the Friedrich Ebert Seitung, ICFTU-ORIT, IMF, BWI, UNI, etc. He wrote important books and publications about the labor movement, among them: The Tragic Week, History of the Argentine Labor Movement (1878-2000), History of the Latin American Labor Movement, The MERCOSUR
, The workers and the FTAA, etc.
He also served as Chairman of the World of Labor Institute
.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
sociologist
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
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Born at La Plata
La Plata
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....
, Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
, he was elected president of the students' union of the University of La Plata
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
The National University of La Plata is one of the most important Argentine national universities and the biggest one situated in the city of La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires Province...
in 1958. Very much related with the labor movement (in Argentina and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
), Julio Godio was an official of ILO-ACTRAV, and worked actively with the Friedrich Ebert Seitung, ICFTU-ORIT, IMF, BWI, UNI, etc. He wrote important books and publications about the labor movement, among them: The Tragic Week, History of the Argentine Labor Movement (1878-2000), History of the Latin American Labor Movement, The MERCOSUR
Mercosur
Mercosur or Mercosul is an economic and political agreement among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Founded in 1991 by the Treaty of Asunción, which was later amended and updated by the 1994 Treaty of Ouro Preto. Its purpose is to promote free trade and the fluid movement of goods, people,...
, The workers and the FTAA, etc.
He also served as Chairman of the World of Labor Institute
World of Labor Institute
The Instituto del Mundo del Trabajo is and Argentine labor research institute, with offices in Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata and other cities. Its current chairman is Julio Godio.-External links:*...
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Publications
- La Semana Trágica (1973), ISBN 950-614-374-9
- Diálogo sindical Norte-Sur (1982)
- El movimiento obrero latinoamericano 1880-2000 (2 volúmenes) (1982).
- El movimiento obrero argentino 1880-1990 (5 volúmenes) (1991)
- Los sindicatos en las economías de mercado (1994).
- La conquista del poder: el sistema político argentino (1996).
- La incertidumbre del trabajo (1998).
- Sociología del trabajo y política (2001).
- Argentina: en la crisis está la solución (2002).
- Argentina: luces y sombras en el primer año de transición (2003).
- El MERCOSUR, los trabajadores y el ALCA (2004).
- El Tiempo de CFK (2008)