Description
Book Synopsis Before the Pinochet coup in 1973, Chile had a lengthy history of constitutionalism. Early in the republican era the aristocracy established order in the political system; a century later the emergent middle sectors infused politics with wider democratic practices and, relative to most of Latin America, a level of pluralism came to characterize group politics.
Despite the distinctive advantages that embellished Chile’s political system, however, certain unfulfilled promises still marred the actual picture in the early 1960s. As the lower economic strata of society were continually passed over by most of the social reforms and economic advances that bettered the general outlook of the nation, their frustrations were brought out into the open and their votes were appealed to by reformist and radical political parties anxious to break the political hegemony of moderates and conservatives.
Thus, the 1960s stood out as a high-water mark in the confrontation between,
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Political Foundations
- Chapter 2. Communications and Politics
- Chapter 3. Interest Groups: Military, Clergy, and Students
- Chapter 4. Interest Groups: Management and Labor
- Chapter 5. Political Parties
- Chapter 6. Conclusion: The Dialogue between Order and Change
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
