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The CUT during the Bachelet Administration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4499773 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diego Barría Traverso (0000-0001-8906-9220), Eduardo Araya Moreno, Oscar Drouillas |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 85-101 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x12441525 |
| OpenAlex | W1965383716 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
As a candidate, Michelle Bachelet asserted that hers would be a citizens' government. This gave the impression that she would create a favorable climate for social actors such as the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (Unitary Workers' Federation-CUT) to participate in the policy-making process. Instead, while the government treated the federation as labor's representative both for negotiating the minimum wage and for reaching agreements in important labor conflicts, these gains took place in a context in which the federation's action served the government's interests. In contrast to the situation under previous Concertación governments, the federation, like most social actors, was only allowed to express its points of view before the advisory commissions of technocrats that were entrusted with the responsibility of making policy. Paradoxically, however, the outcome was more favorable for its interests because of the disposition, at least discursively, of Bachelet's government to move forward on matters that the CUT had long considered "pending issues." Como candidata, Michelle Bachelet acertó que el suyo sería un gobierno ciudadano. Esto dio la impresión de que crearía un clima favorable para los actores sociales como la Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) para que participen en el proceso de la toma de decisiones. En vez, mientras el gobierno trataba con la federación como representante laboral en negociaciones sobre el salario mínimo y en acuerdos en importantes conflictos laborales, estos avances tomaron lugar en un contexto en donde las acciones de la federación servían al interés del gobierno. Contrastándose con la situación en previos gobiernos concertacionistas, la federación, a igual que otros actores sociales, solo se le permitía expresar sus puntos frente comisiones de asesoro en donde se confiaba la responsabilidad en la toma de decisiones a los tecnócratas. Paradójicamente y sin embargo el resultado fue mas favorable a sus intereses por causa de la disposición, por lo menos divagadora, del gobierno de Bachelet en avanzar en materia que la CUT había considerado por largo tiempo como "asuntos pendientes
Art · Context (archaeology) · Government (linguistics) · Humanities · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Technocracy · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Contradictions of the Welfare State
State, Market, and Democracy in Chile
Critical theories of the state
Political power and social classes
El movimiento obrero en Chile
Participación ciudadana en el gobierno de Bachelet
The Chilean Model
Chile Since 1990
Working in Chile's Free Market
Where Did All the Protesters Go
Labor Reform and the Contradictions of "Growth with Equity" in Postdictatorship Chile
Protected Neoliberalism
The Elusive Goal in Democratic Chile
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |