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Housing policies in Argentina under President Macri (2015–2019): a divided nation perpetuating path dependency

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  • Claudia Murray
  • David Clapham

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This paper focuses on housing policy changes introduced by the administration of President Macri (2015–2019) which claimed to have made a U-turn in Argentinean policies. The study questions whether the housing policy changes introduced constitute a conjuncture with enduring consequences, or if the overall trajectory of the country’s housing events has only been temporarily disrupted by Macri’s administration. The paper contributes to current debates on path dependency studies in housing policies and a recent call for a more political focus in housing studies. It does so by analysing the reactive changes introduced during the conjuncture and their potential to create a new path in a politically divided nation. The results show how a dramatic turn in politics – from the extreme left to the right – can be ineffective in making enduring changes in policy paths. As more and more countries around the globe are facing an increasing polarisation and atomisation of domestic politics, the example of Argentina demonstrates that path dependency easily perpetuates in the housing systems of politically divided nations.

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  • Claudia Murray & David Clapham, 2020. "Housing policies in Argentina under President Macri (2015–2019): a divided nation perpetuating path dependency," International Journal of Housing Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(4), pages 491-512, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:intjhp:v:20:y:2020:i:4:p:491-512
    DOI: 10.1080/19491247.2020.1775929
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    1. Tiznado-Aitken, Ignacio & Lucas, Karen & Muñoz, Juan Carlos & Hurtubia, Ricardo, 2022. "Freedom of choice? Social and spatial disparities on combined housing and transport affordability," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 39-53.
    2. Janakipour Farzaneh & Zarghamfard Moslem & Hajisharifi Arezoo & Hoseinzadeh Robab, 2022. "The Iranian Housing System under the Islamic Republic Government (1990–2021)," Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, Sciendo, vol. 26(4), pages 185-197, October.
    3. Hsi‐Chuan Wang & Agustina María Bazán, 2023. "HOUSING INFORMALITY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: Insights from a Policy Comparison between Accra and Buenos Aires," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(5), pages 833-860, September.

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