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Neoliberal Economics, Democratic Transition, and Mapuche Demands for Rights in Chile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2007

Julio Faundez
Julio Faundez
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
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Neoliberal Economics, Democratic Transition, and Mapuche Demands for Rights in Chile. By Diane Haughney. Gainsville: University Press of Florida, 2006. 310p. $59.95.

This book examines an aspect of Chilean politics and history that most specialists tend to ignore. Relying largely on two case studies—hydroelectric and forestry projects in land occupied by the Mapuche people—Diane Haughney sets out to investigate whether the current democratic regime has kept its promise to recognize their demands and aspirations. Her findings are, unsurprisingly, negative. The leaders of Concertación—the center-left coalition that has ruled the country since 1990—have sacrificed the interests of the Mapuche people because of their commitment to neoliberalism.

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BOOK REVIEWS: COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 2007 , pp. 661 - 662
Copyright
© 2007 American Political Science Association

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