Chilean neoliberalism cannot be explained by domestic factors alone.

Evidence

We can, therefore, still subject to further scrutiny the multifaceted mobilization and transformation of knowledge and ideas involved in Chile’s economic and social transformation. Although each of the approaches cited above has greatly enhanced our knowledge of Chile’s road to neoliberalism, we cannot adequately explain the power and relative influence of neoliberal intellectual entrepreneurship in Chile through theories that elevate “technocracy” (economic professionalism), “domestic institutions” (the military dictatorship), or “interest groups” (power elite networking) to center stage without considering the transnational evolution of Chilean neoliberalism. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1544

Categorization

• XREF: Challenges single-country explanations; connects to broader transnational network historiography of the Mont Pèlerin Society and to the reader’s prior work on the Ashbee/other network chapters. — connects to: Traditional right-wing elites blocked earlier Chilean liberalization attempts — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1629; Ideology alone cannot unify a region; a powerful state must drive it.

Broader Connections

• Traditional right-wing elites blocked earlier Chilean liberalization attempts #corroborates (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1629
• Ideology alone cannot unify a region; a powerful state must drive it. #responds-to (0.75)