Tecnocracia y democracia en el Chile contemporáneo: El caso de los gobiernos de la Concertación (1990-2010)

Abstract

In Latin American democracies it has been related technocracy with the influence of expertise in decision making. Are technocrats the new decision makers in these democracies? This paper analyzes ministers and undersecretaries of the four Concertación administrations. It develops a technocratic and political profile of each of these authorities with the purpose of measuring technocratic phenomenon. It is sustained that technocratic influence is mediated by politics, in other words, technocrats are not independent from politics. The findings confirm the argument. Of all the ministers classified as technocrats, only one was independent.