Class Conflict and Economic Development in Chile, 1958-1973

by Stallings, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780804709781
• ISBN10: 0804709785
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1978-10-01
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

This account of the interplay of politics and economics in Chile in three successive administrations ending with the 1973 coup suggests that social class plays a major role in determining the outcome of economic policies in Latin America. As the author demonstrates, the nature of the class alliance that controls the state apparatus in Chile, together with the actions of foreign capital, determines not only the type of economic policies followed, but their outcomes as well. A comparison of the three regimes of Jorge Alessandri (1958-64), Eduardo Frei (1964-70), and Salvador Allende (1970-73) is especially important because they represent the main approaches to economic development available to all Third World countries today. The three regimes are compared in terms of policies on property relations, government expenditure, credit, investment, wages, prices, employment, and foreign investment. The outcomes are analyzed through data on economic growth and income distribution. In a concluding chapter, the author comments on the meaning of the Chilean experience for other countries.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Toward a Political Economy of Development	p. 1
Historical Development and Structural Characteristics	p. 25
the Development Models	p. 51
the Alessandri Regime, 1958-64	p. 76
the Frei Regime, 1964-70	p. 97
The Allende Regime, 1970-73	p. 125
Economic Policies: Differences Among Regimes	p. 154
Economic Policies: Similarities Among Regimes	p. 181
Summary	p. 204
Outcomes: Economic Growth and Income Distribution	p. 206
Conclusions	p. 227
Statistical Appendix	p. 241
Notes	p. 263
Index	p. 287
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