Marketing Democracy: Power and Social Movements in Post-Dictatorship Chile (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520227682)

Amid protests against the Pinochet regime, a group of poblaci(shantytown) residents came together in 1984 to challenge poor health care in their community and to denounce military rule. How did their organization respond seven years later when Chile's transition to democracy brought an end to dictatorship but no clear solution to ongoing health problems? Marketing Democracy shows how the exercise of power and the strategies of social movements transformed with the transition from a military to an elected-civilian regime in Chile. The term "marketing democracy" refers first to how contemporary democracies are shaped by transnational market forces, and second to how politicians have promoted democracy with the twin goals of attracting foreign capital and diminishing social movements.

Author: Julia Paley
ISBN-10: 0520227689
ISBN-13: 9780520227682
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2001
Pages: 273
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.01w x 0.72d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2001 pg. 572