Chilean Political Process

Manuel Antonio Garreton

• Introduction -- The Political System in Chile until 1973 -- The Chilean Political System: An Overview1 -- A People’s Project, 1970–1973: Its Meaning and Defeat -- Military Regimes and Authoritarian Capitalism in the Southern Cone -- The Historical Project of the New Military Regimes in Latin America -- National Security Ideology and Military Regimes1 -- The Origins, Evolution, and Failure of Military Dictatorships1 -- The Chilean Military Regime and the Prospects for Democracy -- The Emergence of a Historical Project1 -- The Processes of Institutionalization -- The Crisis of the Foundational Dimension -- Political Opposition to the Military Regime -- Prospects for Democracy and Reconstructing the Political System -- Postscript: The 1988 Plebiscite and the Transition to Democracy1