‘Consultation’ or co-option? A case study from the Chilean health sector

Jasmine Gideon
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Jasmine Gideon: Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1B 5DQ, UK

Progress in Development Studies, 2005, vol. 5, issue 3, 169-181

Abstract: Using a macro-meso-micro framework this paper examines the shifts in the hegemonic development model and the implementation of new participatory mechanisms. It argues that despite macro-level policy shifts, in the Chilean context, the implementation of these mechanisms at the meso- and micro-levels has limited opportunities for citizen input into policy-making processes. The analysis focuses on citizen engagement with the machinery of participation and argues that the co-option of NGOs and civil society groups by the state has meant that there has been little real challenge to the implementation from civil society and policy-making remains a top-down process.

Keywords: Chile; health; neoliberalism; NGOs; participation; reforms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1191/1464993405ps115oa

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