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Author Borzutzky, Silvia.

Title Vital connections : politics, social security, and inequality in Chile / Silvia Borzutzky.

Imprint Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  368.400983 B649v 2002    ---  Available
Description xv, 300 p. ; 24 cm.
Note "From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. opposite t.p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (257-290) and index.
Contents 1. Politics and policies at the beginning of the 20th century -- 2. Populist politics : 1924-1964 -- 3. The social security system : 1924-1964 -- 4. Frei's revolution in liberty : the social and political crisis of the 1960's -- 5. The politics of social security reform under Frei : 1964-70 -- 6. The failed road to a socialist state : politics and policies under the Allende regime, 1970-73 -- 7. Authoritarianism and neoliberalism : the making of a capitalist society -- 8. Winners and losers : the privatization of social security -- 9. Conclusions -- 10. Epilogue : the limits of Chilean democracy.
Subject Social security -- Chile -- History -- 20th century.
Chile -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Chile -- Social policy.
ISBN 0268043574 (pbk.)
0268043566 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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