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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822624703321

Autore

Silva Patricio

Titolo

In the name of reason : technocrats and politics in Chile / / Patricio Silva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

0-271-05336-4

0-271-04993-6

0-271-03610-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Disciplina

983.064

Soggetti

Technocracy

Chile Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Technocrats and politics in Chile -- Scientific politics in Chile : the positivist design -- Pablo Ramírez and the "administrative state" -- Technocrats and the entrepreneurial state -- The age of global planning -- Pinochet and the Chicago boys -- The emergence of a technocratic democracy -- Technocracy in Chile : past, present, and future.

Sommario/riassunto

"Explores the role played by technocrats in the political and institutional evolution of Chile since the late nineteeth century until today, with emphasis on the period from 1938-1973 as well as the period following democratic restoration in 1990"--Provided by publisher.