Neoliberalism's Fractured Showcase

Another Chile Is Possible
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-18895-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 27/03, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences / Critical Global Studies

This collection of works by prominent Chilean experts explores the long term effects of neoliberalism. It relentlessly questions Chile's status as a successful and exemplary democratic country. The first part deals with the circumstances that facilitated the establishment of the neoliberal experiment in Chile. This is followed by analysis of the economic, social, environmental, political and human rights impacts of 35 consecutive years of neoliberal policies. Implications for weathering the multi-dimensional global crisis are analyzed in view of Chile`s loss of productive capacities, the shrinking role of the State and its asymmetrical integration into the world economy. The volume concludes by asserting that breaking the status quo is possible, urgent and necessary.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Barra, Ximena de la

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Sozialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
About the Authors
Prologue: The Tragedy that Was Dressed Up as a Miracle, Raul Sohr
Introduction, Ximena de la Barra

PART I. HOW THE NEOLIBERAL EXPERIMENT WAS FORCED UPON THE CHILEAN PEOPLE

1. Neoliberalism, a Counter-revolution in Chile, Manuel Riesco
2. Chile’s Neoliberal Reversion of Salvador Allende’s Copper Nationalization, Orlando Caputo and Graciela Galarce
3. Chile: Perpetual Transition under the Shadow of Pinochet, Roberto Garretón
4. Where was the Chile I had Left Behind?, Marta Harnecker

PART II. THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF 35 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF NEOLIBERALISM IN CHILE

5. Growing Disparities and the Extreme Concentration of Wealth in Chile, José Cademartori
6. Health Care Ideology in Chile at the Turn of the 21st Century, Claudio Sepúlveda
7. The Struggle for Education and the Neoliberal Reaction, Rodrigo Cornejo, Juan González, Rodrigo Sánchez, Mario Sobarzo & the Opech Collective
8. Social Security or Plunder?, Manuel Riesco
9. The World Economic Crisis, Chile and the Free Trade Agreements, Orlando Caputo & Graciela Galarce
10. Chilean Social Movements in Confrontation with Neoliberalism, Mario Garcés

References
List of Authorities
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ximena de la Barra is an international consultant and former UNICEF Latin America Public Policy Advisor. She earlier formed part of the Allende Popular Unity government in Chile and of the first democratically elected local government in Madrid.