The Boric Government in Chile

ISBN-13: 9781032482972 / Twarda / 2023 / 186 str.

Opis

This book analyses the victory of Gabriel Boric in Chile during the presidential elections of December 2021. Conceived from a multidisciplinary perspective, this book will interest students, scholars and practitioners, interested in the evolution of the Latin American left in general, and the Chilean left specifically.

Recenzje

‘Since the October 2019 protests, books about Chilean politics have tended to generate more heat than light. This timely volume edited by Carlos Peña and Patricio Silva sets out to change that. Instead of tired clichés about neo-liberalism, the book provides insightful analyses of the generational nature of the movement that ushered Gabriel Boric to the presidency, the scrupulously legalistic nature of his administration, the economic and security challenges it faces, and the frightening prospect that Chile´s first government of the far left could be followed by one of the far right. A first rate volume — highly recommendable’.

Prof. Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

Spis treści

Introduction: Boric’s Government and its Transformative Hallmark  PART 1: Boric the Politician  1: Boric and the Generational Left  2: Boric and the Legal-Constitutional Path  3: Boric and the Populist Temptation  PART 2: Boric and Politics  4: Boric and the Centre-Left: From Vilification to a Tactical Alliance  5: Boric’s triumph and disputes within the Chilean right  6: Boric and the dispute for governability in Chile  7: Social (de)mobilisation in Boric’s government  PART 3: Boric and Public Policies  8: Boric and the challenges for the Chilean economy  9: Social policies in Gabriel Boric’s government  10: Public security challenges in Boric’s government   11: The challenges of the Boric’s government   

O autorze

Carlos Peña is Rector of the Universidad Diego Portales and Professor of Civil Law at the Universidad de Chile. He is the author of several books, among others, El desafío constitucional (The Constitutional Challenge); Pensar el malestar (Modernization and Its Discontent); and Lo que el dinero sí puede comprar (What Money Can Buy). He is co- editor with Patricio Silva of Social Revolt in Chile: Triggering Factors and Possible Outcomes (Routledge, 2022).

Patricio Silva is Full Professor of Modern Latin American History at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has authored several books and numerous articles on democratization issues in Latin America in general and in Chile in particular. He is the author of In the Name of Reason: Technocrats and Politics in Chile and Public Probity and Corruption in Chile (Routledge, 2019).