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State, market, and democracy in Chile : the constraint of popular participation / Paul W. Posner.

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Van Pelt Library JC574.2.C5 P67 2008
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Posner, Paul W.
Contributor:
Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Neoliberalism--Chile.
Neoliberalism.
Political participation--Chile.
Political participation.
Chile.
Chile--Politics and government--1988-.
Politics and government.
Physical Description:
xv, 246 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Summary:
State, Market, and Democracy in Chile assesses the quality of Chilean democracy by examining the impact of free market reforms on the urban poor's incentives for political participation and capacity for collective action. Using in-depth analysis of labor market, social welfare, and state reforms, along with extensive interviews with party officials and shantytown residents, this study reveals the manner in which neoliberal reform has undermined the urban poor's incentives and ability to hold public officials accountable. In so doing, it demonstrates how economic liberalization has negatively affected the quality of Chilean democracy.
Contents:
Neoliberalism and the quality of democracy in Chile
The state in society : conceptualizing collective action and popular participation in Latin America
Business, labor and the state : the transformation of the state-society nexus
Democratization, political representation and the rise of popular dissatisfaction
Local democracy and the transformation of popular participation
Social welfare reform and impediments to social cohesion and collective action
Neoliberalism, democracy and the transformation of state-society relations in Argentina
Neoliberalism, democracy and the transformation of state-society relations in Mexico
Conclusion.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-230) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780230605954
0230605958
OCLC:
176926050
Publisher Number:
99935016678

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