Relaciones, experiencias y compromisos: Las referentas territoriales en la concreción de las políticas sociales de infancia y juventud

Abstract

Through the discussions produced within the field of political anthropology and feminist theory of the state, this article explores how the scope and meanings of social policies aimed at children and young people in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area are redefined from the plots of interdependent relationships in which they are enrolled and the moral, affective and emotional commitments that emerge between female territorial referents and clients. This article inquires in the lived dimension of politics in order to weigh the relational work and the practices of care displayed by the female territorial referents as central aspects of the effectiveness of state practices and, in broader terms, of the production and social reproduction of life in common.