Los sistemas territoriales. Etapas de Estructuración y Desestructuración en Argentina

Abstract

Territorial systems are spatio-temporal systems where the spatial dimension is their territoriality and the temporal dimension represents their historical specificity. Both the framework (containing space) and the activities (contained space) are constructed and developed through sustainable processes that constitute structuring frameworks. This restructuration must be understood as a profound process of transformation extending across the whole social field, including both its ideological and economic bases. If we apply this conceptualisation to the space occuped by the Republic of Argentine, four very powerful structuring systems can be observed over time: I. The colonial territorial system ; II. The modern liberal territorial system; II. The national territorial system; IV. A supra-national territorial system.