Abstract
ABSTRACT This article explores the relationship between cultural policy and democratization by taking post-authoritarian Chile as a case study. It argues that culture was one of the more marginal and alternative policy areas that could favor democratization in the country by increasing what the author calls ‘elite autonomy’. This new concept theorizes that in a democracy obstructed by the heritage of the dictatorship, culture could help democratic elites of the center-left validate their coalition as an independent political force, differentiate themselves from the right-wing party elites that supported the military regime and ultimately break with the negative image of the Pinochet regime.
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