Regime legacies persist independently of the conditions that created them

Evidence

The legacy of colonialism explains not only debt and poverty but also other important issues of our times such as racism, migration, lack of educational opportunities, and terrorism. The remnants of colonialism will linger as long as former colonizers continue to try to impose their economic and political models of development as the only worthy goals for the rest of the world. Thus, although historical colonialism might be over, we can still speak of coloniality, that is, of legacies of colonialism that have outlived colonial rule per se. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 257 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

The exclusion from higher ranks was not complete. A consensual formula between the Pinochet and the incoming governments designated the composition of the board of the Central Bank, for example. Both administrations nominated two members; an economist who gave guarantees to both parties was made president. According to the new finance minister, Alejandro Foxley, this solution “was a way of showing the country, the private sector, and the international financial community that the Concertación is committed to the economic stability of the country” (El Mercurio, December 7-13, 1989, quoted in Montecinos 1993, 35). — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1643 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

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 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Pacted transitions preserve predecessor regimes’ legal and economic frameworks — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1607; Regime collapse preserves inherited advantages for some elites — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 1514; Transitional pacts preserved technocratic economic continuity across regime change — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1643 (+12 more)

Related

• Institutional legacies persist after the conditions that produced them vanish (similarity 0.84)
• Pacted transitions preserve predecessor regimes’ legal and economic frameworks (similarity 0.82)
• Transitional pacts preserved technocratic economic continuity across regime change (similarity 0.80)
• Regime collapse preserves inherited advantages for some elites (similarity 0.80)
• Colonialism’s legacies persist long after colonial rule ends. (similarity 0.78)
• Historical legacies only matter causally if they persist, transmit, and show consistent effects. (similarity 0.78)
• Legacies fade once cheaper alternatives consolidate after a regime collapses (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Transitional pacts preserved technocratic economic continuity across regime change #exemplifies (0.90) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1643
• Colonialism’s legacies persist long after colonial rule ends. #exemplifies (0.90) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 257
• Pacted transitions preserve predecessor regimes’ legal and economic frameworks #exemplifies (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1607
• Discredited ancien regime parties can survive collapse and win power through regeneration #exemplifies (0.85) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 46
• Policies persist even when their original justifications change #exemplifies (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2585
• Regime collapse preserves inherited advantages for some elites #exemplifies (0.80) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 1514
• Communist organizational legacies paradoxically enabled successor parties’ democratic survival #exemplifies (0.80)
• Totalitarian solutions survive regime falls as standing temptations #exemplifies (0.80) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1034