Social Policies and the Programs for Extreme Poverty of Chile's Military Government

Abstract

The article describes the basic trends of social policies undertaken by the military government of general Pinochet. First of all, the author demonstrates that the concrete actions oriented to fighting the poverty in Chile and analyzes the results. After that she presents a list of critica1 reflections around these policies in order to show the faults of a government action that changes welfare logic into a market one. The final recommendations, as an orientation for the future democratic government, suggest the decentralization and participation in the control and management of the social policies.