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Author_James Petras
Aylwin Administration
Aylwin electoral regime
Aylwin Government
Big Economic Groups
Binomial Electoral System
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Chilean Economy
Chilean Miracle
Chilean political economy
Chilean Politics
Chilean Society
Chilean transition
Christian Democratic
Civil Society
civil society mobilization
Common Kitchen
Electoral Elite
Electoral Regime
enduring inequality under military legacy
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Farm Workers
Imminent Legal Proceedings
Latin American Neostructuralism
Macroeconomic Balance
Military Junta
MIR
Neighborhood Councils
Neoliberal Economic Model
neoliberal policies
neoliberalism critique
Pinochet Regime
Pinochet's military regime
post-dictatorship transitions
Shantytown Women
social inequality Latin America
Socialist Intellectuals
socioeconomic policy
socioeconomic policy analysis
Product details
- ISBN 9780367016180
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 146 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The critical issues concerning the development of a substantial and enduring democracy in Chile are those of strengthening civil society, democratizing the permanent institutions of the state, and building an economy geared to effectively satisfy human needs. In this book, the authors offer a critique of the Chilean transition and of the Aylwin electoral regime, analyzing the linkage between political compromises made prior to the civilians’ assumption of power and the choice of socioeconomic policy in the post-electoral period. They argue that the decisive factor underlying the Chilean transition is the contrast between the legal-political changes and socioeconomic and institutional continuities, a contrast that perpetuates the vast inequalities of wealth and power generated under Pinochet’s sixteen-year-old military dictatorship. They also challenge the myth of the “Chilean miracle‗the purported success of neoliberal policies in promoting sustained growth and social justice—and therefore in laying the basis for long-term social harmony and enduring political stability.
