Chile 1970–73: Economic Development and its International Setting

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. The Reasons for Self-Criticism of the Unidad Popular Government

   • Clodomiro Almeyda

   Pages 1-10

3. General Considerations on the Chilean Economic Structure

   • Alexis Guardia, Alberto Martínez, Sergio Ramos

   Pages 11-43

4. Structural Transformations in Chile’s Economy and in its System of External Economic Relations

   • Alexis Guardia

   Pages 45-101

5. The Foreign Policy of the Unidad Popular Government

   • Clodomiro Almeyda

   Pages 103-134

6. The External Sector and the Policies of the Unidad Popular Government

   • Fernando Fajnzylber

   Pages 135-181

7. Nationalization of Copper in Chile and its International Repercussions

   • Carlos Fortin

   Pages 183-220

8. The Industrial Sector: Areas of Social and Mixed Property in Chile

   • Alberto Martínez

   Pages 221-274

9. Nationalization of the Banking System in Chile

   • Alfonso Inostroza

   Pages 275-312

10. Inflation in Chile and the Political Economy of the Unidad Popular Government

    • Sergio Ramos

    Pages 313-362

11. The Process of Transformation and the Role of International Cooperation: an Observer’s View

    • S. Sideri

    Pages 363-389

12. Back Matter

    Pages 391-401

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One of the main objectives of the Unidad Popular ('Popular Unity') Govern­ ment was to attain Chile's evolution towards more advanced forms of social organization within the framework of strictly respected democracy. This objective, which is deeply inherent in every human being and conse­ quently present under all conditions and in all parts of the world, is not weakened by temporary defeats or transient retreats. History proves this, and current events in many parts of the world fully confirm it. One of the areas in which this struggle for progress takes place most in­ tensively is economics. Here, clashes take place between the forces which work towards social progress, and those which oppose it and aim to maintain a sys­ tem of intolerable priveleges. The ideological and material resources available to the forces which attempt to restrain social progress are not small, and under given circumstances they overcome the forces by which the majority tries to realize a better future. This is expressed very clearly in the relationships which link the internal dynamics of social development with the great economic and political forces operating at the international level. Consequently, analysis of the social trans­ formation process in such countries as Chile, in the context of the political and economic reactions these processes unleach at the international level, is of key importance.

• Evolution
• Nation
• Transformation
• economy
• nature
• organization

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