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Power and Politics: Taxation, Social and Labour Market Policies in Argentina and Chile, 1990–2010

In: The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development

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  • Enrique Delamonica

    (UNICEF)

  • Jamee K. Moudud

    (Sarah Lawrence College)

  • Esteban Pérez Caldentey

    (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)

Abstract

Delamonica, Moudud and Pérez Caldentey analyse recent attempts to construct progressive taxation, social and labour policies in the context of unequal power relations and struggles for social justice in Argentina and Chile. As elsewhere, employers tended to oppose such policies, using various formal and informal mechanisms to push back against them. The authors argue that power relations between state and business are shaped by the political cohesiveness of the latter, that is, the ability of firms to act in concert to politically promote their own policy agendas. At the same time, power struggles also include workers and social movements who exert pressures on the state for egalitarian policies. A key difference between Chile and Argentina is the high level of business cohesiveness in Chile.

Suggested Citation

  • Enrique Delamonica & Jamee K. Moudud & Esteban Pérez Caldentey, 2020. "Power and Politics: Taxation, Social and Labour Market Policies in Argentina and Chile, 1990–2010," Social Policy in a Development Context, in: Katja Hujo (ed.), The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development, chapter 7, pages 207-236, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:sopchp:978-3-030-37595-9_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37595-9_7
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