Pinochet’s dictatorial democracy: regionalization and local government

This article explores the regionalization process promoted by General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship towards the end of the ‘70s. According to our hypothesis, economic modernization was a precondition for Chile’s social depoliticization, the redefinition of politics, and the making of a new “democr...

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Autor principal: Valdivia Ortiz de Zárate, Verónica
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Publicado: Investigaciones Socio-Históricas Regionales (ISHIR) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v12n12a10
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Sumario:This article explores the regionalization process promoted by General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship towards the end of the ‘70s. According to our hypothesis, economic modernization was a precondition for Chile’s social depoliticization, the redefinition of politics, and the making of a new “democracy”. Regionalization allowed a staggered participation, where the most important decisions were centralized at a national or regional level, while grassroots citizen activity remained relegated to the lowest rung, the local level. Pinochet’s “democracy” would be of a municipal nature.