Chile, 1964-74: The Successes and Failures of Reformism

Abstract

The total collapse of Chile's constitutional edifice in September 1973, after more than two years of severe political polarization and deteriorating economic conditions, ended an attempt to undertake, via the competitive democratic process, a peaceful transition to a structure of socialism. In its wake, the military government inherited the awesome task of arighting the weakened economy and of restoring tranquility to a social fabric severely strained by years of polarization. Whether the politically inexperienced military can restore economic productivity and in the long run promote a successful transition to greater civilian participation in national decisionmaking is yet to be answered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 22, 1975
Accession Number
ADA015466

Entities

People

  • Gabriel Marcella

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Communism
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Latin America
  • Law
  • Military Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Socialism
  • Sociopolitics
  • South America

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  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Economics