STATE, NEOLIBERALISM AND BUSINESS IN COSTA RICA: THE CAFTA CONJUNCTURE

This paper focuses on the relations between the business elite grouped in the main Costa  Rican business association and the state elite during the cafta political juncture, 2002-2007.  It employs the conjuncture analysis supported on documentary resources and testimonies of key wi...

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Author: Arias Chavarría, Esteban
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/38518
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/sociales/article/view/38518
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:NEOLIBERALISM
STATE
ELITE*
ENTERPRISES
FREE TRADE
NEOLIBERALISMO
ESTADO
ÉLITE
EMPRESAS
LIBRE COMERCIO
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Summary:This paper focuses on the relations between the business elite grouped in the main Costa  Rican business association and the state elite during the cafta political juncture, 2002-2007.  It employs the conjuncture analysis supported on documentary resources and testimonies of key witnesses. This was a social process that articulated significant sociopolitical tensions linked to the neoliberal accumulation strategy and the correlation between the interest of the business and the political elites, as well as their differences regarding the control of thesocial conflict in this period.