1st Edition
The State And Capital In Chile Business Elites, Technocrats, And Market Economics
By Eduardo Silva
Copyright 1996
286 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1996. Chile emerged from military rule in the 1990s as a leader of free market economic reform and democratic stability, and other countries now look to it for lessons in policy design, sequencing, and timing. Explanations for economic change in Chile generally focus on strong authoritarianism under General Augusto Pinochet and the insulation of policymakers from the... Read more
Introduction -- Capitalists, Neoliberal Economic Reform, and Democracy -- Import-Substitution Industrialization and the Breakdown of Democracy -- Gradual Adjustment Under Military Rule -- Radical Neoliberalism Ascendant -- Triumph and Collapse of Radical Neoliberalism -- Pragmatic Neoliberalism -- Pragmatic Neoliberalism and the Politics of Chile's Transition from Authoritarianism
Biography
Eduardo Silva is assistant professor of political science and a fellow of the Center for International Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is co-editor of Elections and Democratization in Latin America, 1980-85, and his articles on Chilean political economy have appeared in World Politics and the Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs. Silva's recent research has concentrated on the politics of conservation and sustainable development in Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Venezuela.
