The Unidad Popular and the Pinochet Dictatorship: A Political Economy Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780333800539 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 222 str.

Patricio Meller

Opis

The Unidad Popular and the Pinochet Dictatorship covers the two most conflicting Chilean governments of this century. The analysis of the Allende government examines the macroeconomic policies and structural reforms and their results; the questioning of property rights constituted a key issue of conflict. The analysis of the Pinochet government starts with a review of Chilean democracy breakdown. Then it examines the success, failure, and final success of economic structural reforms. The book ends with a discussion of the legacies of both governments. In the historical Chilean memory of the century, human rights violations will occupy a special place.

Spis treści

List of Tables and Figures Preface CHAPTER ONE: THE ROAD TO SOCIALISM OF THE UNIDAD POPULAR Brief Review of the Social Issue Brief Review of the Political Issue The Two Governments Prior to Unidad Popular The Unidad Popular View of the Chilean Economy The Macroeconomic Situation During the Unidad Popular The Structural Reforms of the Unidad Popular Property Rights CHAPTER TWO: THE ECONOMIC MODEL OF THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP The Destruction of Chilean Democracy The Structural Reforms of the 1970s The Economic and Financial Collapse of 1981-83 The Adjustment Process of the 1980s The Structural Reforms of the 1980s Economic Freedom and Political Liberty CHAPTER THREE: A TENTATIVE SYNTHESIS The Legacy of the Unidad Popular The Legacy of the Military Dictatorship Human Rights and Historical Memory Bibliographical References Index

O autorze

PATRICIO MELLER is Professor of Economics at the University of Chile, Santiago. He has published numerous books and articles, including Western Hemisphere Trade Integration (editor with R.G.Lipsey), Adjustment and Equity in Chile, External Shocks and Stabilization Mechanisms (editor with Eduardo Engel), The Latin American Development Debate (editor) and Diverging Paths: A Century of Latin American and Scandinavian Economic Development (editor with Magnus Blomström).