Pacted transitions preserve predecessor regimes’ legal and economic frameworks

Evidence

A crucial factor ensuring continuity had been the “pacted transition” between the party leaders of the Concertación and the representatives of the regime. Not only was the legal framework kept in place—the transition took place within the confines of the 1980 constitution—but also the structure of the state in terms of socioeconomic organization remained intact: “What continuismo provided for the democratic administrations was stability. It led to business support for democracy, it brought renovated socialists and Christian Democrats together around an economic strategy, and it provided a set of macroeconomic indicators that were perceived as desirable for further liberalisation” (Barton 2002, 363). — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1607

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader literature on pacted democratic transitions (O’Donnell, Schmitter) and to theories of path dependence in institutional change. — connects to: Policy continuity in Pinochet’s Chile survived ministerial turnover through direct loyalty to Pinochet — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1571; Transitional pacts preserved technocratic economic continuity across regime change — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1643; Post-feudal and post-socialist transitions create identical vacuums in property enforcement — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 667 (+4 more)
• QUESTION: How much of Chile’s economic continuity was deliberate design by the outgoing regime versus the incoming coalition’s own pragmatic choice?

Broader Connections

• Transitional pacts preserved technocratic economic continuity across regime change #corroborates (0.95) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1643
• Post-feudal and post-socialist transitions create identical vacuums in property enforcement #complicates (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 667