Las políticas territoriales y la construcción de la emergencia: la región andina de la provincia de Río Negro

Abstract

This manuscript explores the historical normative linked with emergency situations in Rio Negro Province, in Argentina. This study research the political feature behind the evaluation of a situation as an emergency. In order to this, the manuscript studies the observation of emergency in a specific area, the Andean Region. It crosses local memories about situation described as catastrophic by local inhabitants, with the legal regulations which not necessary accompanied theses critical moments. From this, the text goes on over the complexity of the recognition of an event as an emergency, trying to describe the multiplicity of actors involved. At the end, the reflection exposes the historical detail of regulations, arguing the limits and the capacities in the legal structure to recognize the social impact of an emergency.