From Pinochet to the 'Third Way'

The first book to analyse three decades of neoliberal economic, labour and social policies in Chile, from the Pinochet dictatorship until today.

Marcus Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the International Development Studies program at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. Writing on development studies and contemporary Latin America, his articles have appeared in journals such as Latin American Perspectives, Third World Quarterly, Historical Materialism, and Global Social Policy.

List of Figures and Tables

x

Acknowledgements

xi

Introduction: Neoliberalism and Social Transformation

1

(10)

Three Decades of Chilean Neoliberal Models

1

(4)

Key Questions and the Argument of the Book

5

(4)

The Layout of the Book

9

(2)

1 The Rise and Crisis of National Developmentalism

11

(19)

Capitalist Development, Social Structures and the Chilean State

11

(9)

Frei's 'Revolution in Liberty'

20

(3)

The Allende Regime and the Crisis of the State

23

(5)

Summary

28

(2)

2 'Chicago to the Rescue' - The Emergence of Neoliberalism in Chile

30

(23)

The Materialisation of the Neoliberal Project in Chile

33

(1)

From Neoclassicism to Neoliberalism

34

(4)

The Economics of Nowhere and the Politics of Chile

38

(4)

The State and Neoliberalism

42

(3)

Capitalism and the Irrationalities of Neoliberalism

45

(6)

Summary

51

(2)

3 Neoliberalism and 'Creative Destruction', 1973-89

53

(24)

From Gradualist Policy to 'Creative Destruction', 1973-75

53

(4)

The Impact of Creative Destruction

57

(3)

Economic Liberalisation and the Primacy of Money Capital

60

(4)

Institutionalising Class Relations

64

(4)

From Miracle to Crisis and the Collapse of Orthodox Monetarism

68

(1)

Responding to the Debt Crisis

69

(2)

Second Wave Neoliberalism and the New 'Economic Miracle'

71

(4)

Summary

75

(2)

4 From Retrenchment to the 'Seven Modernisations'-The Great Transformation of Welfare Institutions

77

(22)

Retrenchment and Initial Reforms, 1973-78

78

(3)

Targeted Social Programmes

81

(3)

From Social Assistance to the 'Seven Modernisations'

84

(1)

Neoliberalism and Welfare Institutions — Motivations and Theory

85

(4)

Education Reforms

89

(3)

Healthcare — The Creation of a Dualised System

92

(3)

The Privatisation of Pensions

95

(3)

Summary

98

(1)

5 Towards a Third Way? Power and Politics in Post-Dictatorship Chile

99

(22)

Political Protest and the Defeat of the Dictatorship

100

(3)

Democratisation and the Limits to the Post-Dictatorship State

103

(1)

Authoritarian Enclaves and the Form of the Post-Dictatorship State

104

(3)

Organised Interests and the Exercise of Power

107

(3)

Capital Accumulation and the State

110

(3)

The Growth with Equity Strategy — A Chilean 'Third Way'?

113

(6)

Summary

119

(2)

6 Production, Power and Exports — The Political Economy of Post-Dictatorship Chile

121

(30)

Neoliberalism and Economic Policy in Post-Dictatorship Chile

123

(3)

The Social Determinants of the Chilean Export Boom, 1990-97

126

(6)

Contradictions of the Export Boom 1: Economic Dualisation

132

(4)

Contradictions of the Export Boom 2: Enduring Inequality

136

(3)

Contradictions of the Export Boom 3: Overproduction and the Asian Crisis

139

(5)

After the Crisis — New Policies for an Uncertain Future?

144

(3)

The Return to Export-led Growth

147

(2)

Summary

149

(2)

7 Labour Institutions and the Politics of Flexibilisation

151

(21)

Labour Flexibility — Theoretical Divisions

153

(3)

The ConcertaciOn and Labour Reform in the 1990's

156

(3)

The First Reforms, 1990-93

159

(2)

Flexibility in Practice

161

(3)

The Political Ramifications of Labour Flexibilisation

164

(1)

The Lagos Government and the 2001 Reforms

165

(2)

Strengths and Limits of the 2001 Labour Reform

167

(1)

The End of Labour Reform?

168

(2)

Summary

170

(2)

8 Growth with Equity? Social Policy and Anti-Poverty Programmes, 1990-2003

172

(25)

Social Policy and the 'Growth with Equity' Strategy

173

(3)

The Limits to Social Policy Reforms

176

(4)

Reforming the Education Reforms

180

(4)

Health Provision within the Dualised System

184

(3)

Pensions and Social Security

187

(3)

FOSIS — The Prototype Anti-Poverty Policy

190

(5)

Summary

195

(2)

9 The Uncertain Future of Neoliberalism

197

(6)

References

203

(16)

Index

219

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