The Rooted Right: Power Bloc, Student Movement and Political Crisis in Bachelet’s Chile

The general objective of this article is to analyze the Chilean power bloc in the two Bachelet-led governments of the Concertation (2006-2010) and the New Majority (2014-2016). The theoretical concepts used are economic-social formation, State, political power, power bloc and class struggle. Using a...

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Autores principales: Rojas, Gonzalo, Araújo Wanderley, Shimenny Ludmilla
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Lenguaje:Portugués
Publicado: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/ls/article/view/31849
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/50280
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Sumario:The general objective of this article is to analyze the Chilean power bloc in the two Bachelet-led governments of the Concertation (2006-2010) and the New Majority (2014-2016). The theoretical concepts used are economic-social formation, State, political power, power bloc and class struggle. Using a qualitative methodology, we adopt two hypotheses: the hegemonic fraction within the power bloc is the comprador bourgeoisie, which signals continuity between the Pinochet dictatorship and the Bachelet governments; the student movement during the Concertation government was dominated by secondary school students, whose demands were neutralized with institutional measures.