Capitalist Coalitions, the State, and Neoliberal Economic Restructuring: Chile, 1973–88
- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- Published by Project MUSE in World Politics
- Vol. 45 (4) , 526-559
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2950708
Abstract
This article argues that a high degree of relative state autonomy and ideology, while necessary, was not sufficient to explain fully the change from import-substitution industrialization to an open, free-market economy in Chile. A comparison across three distinct policy periods in authoritarian Chile reveals that shifting coalitions of businessmen and landowners, with varying power resources, also played an important part in the outcome. This approach does not seek to vitiate other interpretations of economic change in Chile and elsewhere. The question is not so much which factor is most important, but how and when the different factors matter.Keywords
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