Chicago Boys in Chile: Neoliberalism, Expert Knowledge, and the Rise of a New Technocracy

In 1973 political freedom was suspended in Chile giving way to an authoritarian regime which sought to install a new political and socioeconomic order. For this purpose, new legal standards were established as well as a series of economic reforms carried out by a group of neoliberal technocrats know...

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Autor: Rumié Rojo, Sebastián Andrés
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/61782
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/61782
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:tecnocracia
autoritarismo
neoliberalismo
Chicago Boys
Hayek
Chile
technocracy
authoritarianism
neoliberalism
Chile.
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Sumario:In 1973 political freedom was suspended in Chile giving way to an authoritarian regime which sought to install a new political and socioeconomic order. For this purpose, new legal standards were established as well as a series of economic reforms carried out by a group of neoliberal technocrats known as Chicago Boys. This paper presents the main characteristics of technocratic rationality, as well as its relationship with authoritarianism and neoliberalism. Specifically, it is justified through primary sources why the Chicago Boys are technocrats, as well as what are the particular properties of neoliberal technocracy. The hypothesis is that the neoliberal and traditional technocracy have different characteristics to each other, especially when it is analyzed the role that the expert has when planning society.