This paper discusses the structural determinations employed by the ruling classes to build hegemony in a dependent country, namely Argentina. Can the ruling classes constitute an economic-political program that attract the support of the popular classes? The article approaches the problem from the current historical form of Argentinian dependence built by the neo-developmentalist process (2002-2015), in which part of the industrial sector in power searched for a hegemonic political order. Structural tensions arise, linked to value transfers and access to foreign currency. The need to sequester more of the land rent to avoid further super-exploitation of the labor force limited the legitimization strategy. This implied greater conflict with other factions in power, and concentrated industry was unwilling to do so.
Neo-developmentalism; Hegemony; Dependency; Argentina; Social classes