Welfare in the neoliberal State: scenes of property in Great Santiago

Abstract

The size of the state within a neoliberal model of economic development represents a constant cause for discussion. The evidence regarding the residential subsidiary structure in Chile to access social housing indicates a strong public presence in different dimensions, with the transformation of metropolitan spaces as one of the key elements within the contemporary territorial process.  This paper proposes to describe the specific spatial impacts of the particular
policies of subsidiaries in Gran Santiago, the construction of an idea of neoliberal welfare and the trajectory of housing policies from 2000 onwards. A theoretical discussion is proposed with elaborations aimed at describing the forms
of neoliberal well-being, considering as an apex the property as the maximum economic conquest of the working middle classes and those referred to as vulnerable. In the conclusions, future lines of research and challenges for a Geography of Property in Chile are drawn.