Neoliberalism's Fractured Showcase

This collection of works by Chilean experts explores the long term effects of neoliberalism. It questions Chile's status as a successful and exemplary democratic country. Dealing first with the circumstances that facilitated the establishment of the neoliberal experiment in Chile, it then analysizes the economic, social, environmental, political and human rights impacts of 35 consecutive years of neoliberal policies

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
About the Authors
Prologue: The Tragedy that Was Dressed Up as a Miracle, Raul Sohr
Introduction, Ximena de la Barra

PART I. HOW THE NEOLIBERAL EXPERIMENT WAS FORCED UPON THE CHILEAN PEOPLE

1. Neoliberalism, a Counter-revolution in Chile, Manuel Riesco
2. Chile’s Neoliberal Reversion of Salvador Allende’s Copper Nationalization, Orlando Caputo and Graciela Galarce
3. Chile: Perpetual Transition under the Shadow of Pinochet, Roberto Garretón
4. Where was the Chile I had Left Behind?, Marta Harnecker

PART II. THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF 35 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF NEOLIBERALISM IN CHILE

5. Growing Disparities and the Extreme Concentration of Wealth in Chile, José Cademartori
6. Health Care Ideology in Chile at the Turn of the 21st Century, Claudio Sepúlveda
7. The Struggle for Education and the Neoliberal Reaction, Rodrigo Cornejo, Juan González, Rodrigo Sánchez, Mario Sobarzo & the Opech Collective
8. Social Security or Plunder?, Manuel Riesco
9. The World Economic Crisis, Chile and the Free Trade Agreements, Orlando Caputo & Graciela Galarce
10. Chilean Social Movements in Confrontation with Neoliberalism, Mario Garcés

References
List of Authorities
Index