| dc.description.abstract | Neoliberalism, sometimes considered an obsolete concept, is essential to analyze state-market
relations. Its heuristic potential is due to the coexistence between on one hand a common base in
the competition as a mechanism of coordination to provide any good or service, and in the other
hand the diversity of the ways for the state to promote this competition. This leads to four varieties
of neoliberalism: orthodox, regulated, emulator and mixed. The analysis of three reforms from the
Concertation governments in Chile (1990-2010) empirically illustrate the pay-offs of this innovative
conceptual framework, which enables broader intersectorial comparisons and offer a more
elaborate alternative to the discourses on post-neoliberalism. | |
