Suchergebnisse

El presente trabajo muestra que en Chile, el control de los economistas sobre importantes areas del estado estaba ya consolidado en los anos 60. Durante el gobierno militar, la funcion legitimadora cumplida por los economistas hizo crecer notablemente su influencia. Los economistas de oposicion tambien adquirieron poder en este periodo, pues los partidos politicos necesitaban relegitimarse como contendores en el control del gobierno. Los economistas facilitaron el surgimiento de un estilo politico menos ideologizado, pero la tecnocratizacion de la politica en Chile ha sido criticada por haber postergado la satisfaccion de demandas sociales y la eliminacion de practicas autoritarias. (Pensam Iberoam/DÜI)

The new regional integration in Latin America has focused on economic matters, such as the formation of common markets & management of free trade areas, but has yet to address institutional dimensions, eg, the impact of bureaucratic politics, lack of governance mechanisms, & organizational variables & administrative capacities. Several existing integration-promoting organization arrangements are discussed. It is argued that current technocrat-elite-ruled organizational forms & institutional arrangements are inadequate, serving more to legitimize those elites than promote integration. 35 References. Adapted from the source document.

Explores whether the authoritarian potential of policy elites threatens the consolidation of democracy in Latin America. Most elected governments in the region faced the crisis of the 1980s by retaining markedly technocratic & exclusionary styles of policy making. In Chile, a highly technocratic form of authoritarianism was succeeded by a novel pattern of pragmatic cooperation between technical & political elites. Democratic institutions were reestablished while a strong economic team enforced coherence & continuity in economic policy. Historical & institutional factors show that Chile may now be nearer to the democratic pole than other democratic-authoritarian regimes in the region. 81 References. Adapted from the source document.

Chile's experience suggests that there is no single, invariable relationship between the holding of power by technical experts and democratic practice. In Chile, the technically trained economist-politicians have been incorporated into the party system. In contrast, the reality of democracy in several other countries of the region is more profoundly threatened by the role played by technical experts. (DSE/DÜI)