Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 24 n. 3 Rio de Janeiro 1981
Abstract
This article examines the connections between the Armed Forces and the neo-liberal, orthodoxly monetarist "technicians", who took it upon themselves to lead the economy after the present authoritarian states were set up in Argentina and Chile. The author maintains that, unlike what is generally held, in addition to the actions tied directly to ·repression, the main guidelines of the governments of these countries are inspired by the ideologies of these "technicians"; rather than by conceptions stemming from the National Security. White the article also examines significant differences between the cases mentioned and the bureaucratic-authoritarian states which emerged in the 60's (Brazil and Argentina, 1966-1972, as well as the Peruvian "military populism", 1968-1975), it indicates that these differences occur both as a result of specific historic and structural characteristics, as because of the graveness of the social crises and the consequent perception of the threats which immediately preceded the respective coups. One of these differences is, precisely, the greater weight of such "technicians" within the governing alliance and the radical character of the economic and social policies they put into effect.
As Forças Armadas e o Estado Autoritário no Cone Sul da América Latina
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