In the Name of Reason: Technocrats and Politics in Chile
by Silva, PatricioFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-01-13
Publisher(s): Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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Summary
"Explores the role played by technocrats in the political and institutional evolution of Chile since the late nineteeth century until today, with emphasis on the period from 1938-1973 as well as the period following democratic restoration in 1990"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents
| List of Tables | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| List of Acronyms | p. xiii |
| Introduction: Technocrats and Politics in Chile | p. 1 |
| Scientific Politics in Chile: The Positivist Design | p. 23 |
| Pablo RamÃrez and the "Administrative State" | p. 54 |
| Technocrats and the Entrepreneurial State | p. 84 |
| The Age of Global Planning | p. 111 |
| Pinochet and the Chicago Boys | p. 143 |
| The Emergence of a Technocratic Democracy | p. 173 |
| Technocracy in Chile: Past, Present, and Future | p. 218 |
| References | p. 235 |
| Index | p. 249 |
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