Title
The Fallacy of Free Market Democracy: Marginalization through Chilean Health Care and Education
Date of Award
Spring 4-29-2013
Document Type
Capstone
Degree Name
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Department
Historical & Political Studies; College of Arts & Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. Hilary Dick
Abstract
This thesis examines how neoliberal policies implemented during Augusto Pinochet’s sixteen-year military regime in Chile have affected post-dictatorship democratization. It argues that democracy has been incomplete in Chile since the fall of Pinochet’s regime, due mainly to the three neoliberal policies of deregulation, decentralization, and decreased government funding. Through the detailed analysis of Chile’s health care and education systems, this thesis demonstrates how these neoliberal policies drastically changed social welfare practices in Chile during the 1980s, leading to extreme social inequality that has only continued to increase in the last thirty years. This social inequality, as well as the marginalization of a vast majority of the population, has impeded post-dictatorship democracy in Chile since only a small percentage of Chileans truly have a say in what their government does.
Recommended Citation
Young, Robin L., "The Fallacy of Free Market Democracy: Marginalization through Chilean Health Care and Education" (2013). Senior Capstone Theses. 11.
https://scholarworks.arcadia.edu/senior_theses/11
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