POL305Y1 Lecture Notes - Neoliberalism, Illiberal Democracy, Indigenismo
12 Mar 2014
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Democracy"s forms this is the ideal representation of democracy, attributes of democracy political procedural: Arditi"s concerns post liberal politics: experimentation of ruling forms that don"t fit with the traditional forms of ruling renewed emphasis on equality, solidarity, justice across state. economy, civil society, democracy w/o abstract citizenship (e. g indigenismo in bolivia) Kissinger in the us the structural reforms to the chilean economy, came from economists trained in the us. : the concentration of social and economy power brought about by capitalist free markets as incompatible with the democratic exercise of power Washington consensus: reduce government participation in economy. But called for government to provide basic infrastructure: deregulation: reduce government oversight over economy. Eliminate re-distributive policies: subsidies and price controls and progressive taxation. But emphasized need for "rule of law", intellectual property, police and security forces: free trade liberalization: eliminate tariffs, promote exports, "comparative advantage" Lead to concentration of wealth and resources.
