Cultural Policies and Change: Mexico and Argentina after the Neoliberal Turn (1983–2012)

Elodie Bordat-Chauvin (1, 2)

1 LAMES - Laboratoire méditerranéen de sociologie
2 CHERPA - Croyance, Histoire, Espace, Régulation Politique et Administrative

This article examines the changes that neoliberalism brought to the Mexican and Argentine cultural policies. Did the neoliberal turn of the 1980s and the deepening of the reforms in the 1990s have the same effects in both countries? The findings of this article show that neoliberalism had a greater effect on cultural policy in Mexico because, since the Miguel de La Madrid administration in 1982, all governments have deepened neoliberal policies. On the other hand, in Argentina, where cultural policy is less institutionalized and more dependent on politics, neoliberalism had a major influence in the 1990s but less so since 2003 and N estor Kirchner's election. Este art ıculo analiza las consecuencias del neoliberalismo en las pol ıticas culturales mexicanas y argentinas. >El giro neoliberal de la d ecada de 1980 y la intensificaci on de las reformas en la d ecada de 1990 han tenido los mismos efectos en los dos pa ıses? Las conclusiones de este art ıculo muestran que el neoliberalismo ha tenido mayor impacto en la pol ıtica cultural de M exico porque desde el gobierno de Miguel de la Madrid en 1982, todos los gobiernos han intensificado las pol ıticas neoliberales. Al contrario, en Argentina, donde la pol ıtica cultural es menos institucionalizada y m as dependiente de la pol ıtica, el neoliberalismo tuvo m as consecuencias en la d ecada de 1900, pero menos a partir de 2003 y la elecci on de N estor Kirchner.

Mots clés: public policies; institutional change; cultural policies; Argentina; Mexico

Domaines: Science politique; Sociologie

Elodie Bordat-Chauvin. Cultural Policies and Change: Mexico and Argentina after the Neoliberal Turn (1983–2012). Latin American policy, 2016, 7 (1), pp.147-162. ⟨10.1111/lamp.12091⟩. ⟨halshs-01712633⟩