Resumen

SCHARAGER, Andrés. Social conflict, environmentalization and political crisis: judicialization at the Matanza-Riachuelo basin, Argentina. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.64, pp.693-724.  Epub 06-Mayo-2021. ISSN 2448-6183.  https://doi.org/10.22136/est20201566.

This paper examines the social and political factors that led to the judicialization of the environmental conditions of the Matanza-Riachuelo basin, a highly polluted territory in Buenos Aires that in 2006 became the object of an unprecedented problematization. Specifically, three factors will be analysed: the creation of an environmental field and the generation of a series of environmental conflicts; the environmentalization of social demands along the Riachuelo river and the emergence of a basin perspective; and the Supreme Court’s search for a political relaunch in response to a crisis of legitimacy.

Palabras llave : environmental conflicts; judicialization; Matanza-Riachuelo basin.