Publication
Dec 2003
This study examines Chile's economic policy and parliamentary accountability, commenting on the influence of technical cadres before and since the political transition. The author argues that the spillover of technocratic policy conventions from the executive branch to the legislature - illustrated by the increased presence of economists in the Congress - may have fostered democratic accountability, raising the policy stature of the legislature and expanding its ability to challenge government actions and policy preferences in a super-presidential system.
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Author | Verónica Montecinos |
Series | UNRISD Publications |
Issue | 11 |
Publisher | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) |
Copyright | © 2003 United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) |