The Boric Government in Chile

This book analyses the victory of Gabriel Boric in Chile during the presidential elections of December 2021. Conceived from a multidisciplinary perspective, this book will interest students, scholars and practitioners, interested in the evolution of the Latin American left in general, and the Chilean left specifically.

Autorentext

Carlos Peña is Rector of the Universidad Diego Portales and Professor of Civil Law at the Universidad de Chile. He is the author of several books, among others, El desafío constitucional (The Constitutional Challenge); Pensar el malestar (Modernization and Its Discontent); and Lo que el dinero sí puede comprar (What Money Can Buy). He is co- editor with Patricio Silva of Social Revolt in Chile: Triggering Factors and Possible Outcomes (Routledge, 2022).

Patricio Silva is Full Professor of Modern Latin American History at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has authored several books and numerous articles on democratization issues in Latin America in general and in Chile in particular. He is the author of In the Name of Reason: Technocrats and Politics in Chile and Public Probity and Corruption in Chile (Routledge, 2019).

Inhalt

Introduction: Boric's Government and its Transformative Hallmark PART 1: Boric the Politician 1: Boric and the Generational Left 2: Boric and the Legal-Constitutional Path 3: Boric and the Populist Temptation PART 2: Boric and Politics 4: Boric and the Centre-Left: From Vilification to a Tactical Alliance 5: Boric's triumph and disputes within the Chilean right 6: Boric and the dispute for governability in Chile 7: Social (de)mobilisation in Boric's government PART 3: Boric and Public Policies 8: Boric and the challenges for the Chilean economy 9: Social policies in Gabriel Boric's government 10: Public security challenges in Boric's government 11: The challenges of the Boric's government