Chilean neoliberalism was adapted contextually, not imported as a ready-made doctrine.

Evidence

I will thus argue that neoliberalism in Chile cannot be readily understood on the basis of some clearly defined, prepackaged, one-size-fits-all set of ideas, and then be simply identified with generic antidemocratic authoritarianism. Rather, we need to examine diverse neoliberal intellectuals in terms of their motives, their individual reasoning quirks; and their actions in context; only then can we fully understand how neoliberals and their ideas have been mobilized and adapted so successfully. Both the domestic and international stories can be integrated by always keeping one eye on the international Mont Pèlerin Society, where Chilean and foreign neoliberals worked closely together. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1545

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to the reader’s grafting theme — ideas, like trees, only root when adapted to local soil; useful frame for the grafting essay.
• XREF: Echoes Mirowski/Plehwe and other Mont Pèlerin historiography rejecting the one-size-fits-all ‘Chicago Boys’ caricature. — connects to: Neoliberalism was a flexible project, not a fixed doctrine with essential content — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 115; Neoliberalism survives crises through deliberate policy adaptability, not fixed doctrine. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 206; Neoliberalism in Chile outlasted dictatorship by adapting to democracy — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1614 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism was a flexible project, not a fixed doctrine with essential content #corroborates (0.90) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 115
• Neoliberal doctrines crossed borders stripped of context and were adapted into domestic traditions #corroborates (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 297
• Neoliberalism survives crises through deliberate policy adaptability, not fixed doctrine. #expands (0.75) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 206
• Neoliberalism in Chile outlasted dictatorship by adapting to democracy #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1614
• Chilean neoliberalism developed in distinguishable stages each with distinct theory. #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1613
• Neoliberalism originated in contested debate, not a pure doctrine #corroborates (0.75) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 405
• Neoliberalism’s Freiburg-school origins were anticartel and then mutated in Chile #expands (0.70) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 764