New Right in Chile
Published on 2. August 1999
Book
Hardback
VIII, 235 pages
978-0-333-72473-6 (ISBN)
Description
The 1973 military coup gave previously peripheral elements of the right the opportunity to exercise almost unlimited political and economic power. However, with the return to democracy in 1990, the right had to adapt to electoral politics. This book examines whether it is conforming to the rules of the electoral game.
Reviews / Votes
'...a major contribution to studies of the Right in Latin America.' - Robert E. Biles, Perspectives on Political Science 'Pollack skillfully depicts the complexity, internal tensions, contradictions, and dynamism of various political and social groups whose unifying feature has been a shared, if largely negative agenda, based only on their general hostility to socialism...Pollack's study is an important start toward taking seriously the ideological, organizational, and programmatic diversity within Chile's political Right.' - Brian Loveman, Political Science QuarterlyMore details
Series
Edition
1999 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
VIII, 235 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-72473-6 (9780333724736)
DOI
10.1057/9780333984802
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
MARCELO POLLACK has been Research Associate at the Madrid-based Institute for European-Latin American Relations (IRELA) since 1996. Previously, he was Latin America and Africa Editor for Oxford Analytica, a UK-based international consultancy firm. He has specialized in Chilean politics for the last 10 years and has written a number of articles on the subject and has contributed to
Idealogues and Ideologies in Latin America
;
Neo-Liberalism with a Human Face? The Politics of the Chilean Model
; and to a special issue of
Parliamentary Affairs
.
Content
Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: THE RIGHT IN AUTHORITARANISM Theories of the Right The Origins of the Chilean New Right The Right Unfettered The Right's Institutional and Political Legacy The Re-emergence of Party Politics PART 2: THE RIGHT IN DEMOCRACY New Identities and Faces Party Organization, Finance and Support The Right in Action Politics and Elections Conclusion Appendix 1: Registered Voters (1941-73) Appendix 2: Congressional Elections (1937-97) Appendix 3: Presidential Elections (1925-70) Appendix 4: Christian Democrat Party (1944-73) Appendix 5: Liberals and Conservatives (1925-65) Appendix 6: Support for the Right (1931-93) Bibliography Index