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University student movements in Latin Americahave historically played a crucial role in triggering major social andpolitical transformations, being at the forefront of democratization andprogressive social action. This paper seeks to understand state-led protest controlagainst students and their movements in Argentina between 1997 and 2007. Bydrawing on a database of contentious politics events in Argentina usingnewspaper data, analysis of secondary sources, and in-depth interviews toactors regarding specific cases--it closely examines when, why, where and howthe state contains students and how the power relations between them and thestate unfolds over time. A main findings underlying this study is that thenature of state repression of students is related to a) the tactics being used;b) the demands being made; c) the actors that are protesting alongside them;and d) the political party in power at the moment.

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