From ‘laboratory’ to ‘paradise’: 40 years of neoliberalism in Chile

Juan Pablo Rodríguez*

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Abstract

The chapter offers a brief and much-needed introduction to the politics of neoliberalism in Chile. After suggesting why the overthrow of the Popular Unity/Allende government by the military coup and subsequent Pinochet’s dictatorship provided especially propitious conditions for the aggressive imposition of neoliberalism in Chile, the chapter explores the process of neoliberalisation in Chile in relation to the return of civil government and its debilitating effects on the popular sector’s capacity for mobilisation. Rodríguez concludes analysing the main legacies of the Pinochet era, arguing that the return to a democratic regime provided a new ideological framework for legitimising and reproducing neoliberal policies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResisting Neoliberal Capitalism in Chile
Subtitle of host publicationThe Possibility of Social Critique1
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages109-117
Number of pages9
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-32108-6
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-32107-9
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 19 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameMarx, Engels, and Marxisms
ISSN (Print)2524-7123
ISSN (Electronic)2524-7131

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  • Critical theories and social critique

    Rodríguez, J. P., 19 Dec 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) Resisting Neoliberal Capitalism in Chile: The Possibility of Social Critique. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 17-54 38 p. (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter in a book

  • Introduction: Chile and the renewal of social critique

    Rodríguez, J. P., 19 Dec 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) Resisting Neoliberal Capitalism in Chile: The Possibility of Social Critique. p. 1-14 14 p. (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter in a book

  • Mapping the neoliberal education system: The 2011 Chilean student movement

    Rodríguez, J. P., 19 Dec 2019, Resisting Neoliberal Capitalism in Chile: The Possibility of Social Critique. Palgrave Macmillan, Vol. 1. p. 159-193 35 p. (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter in a book

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