“…In this process, a key role was played by a network of policymakers with social democratic leanings, formed by prominent politicians. This enabled the democratic government to mark an ideological distinction with the Chicago Boys, the technocratic group that led the Pinochet regime's structural reforms of the public sector (Rehren, 2002; Ramos and Scrollini, 2013; González‐Bustamante et al, 2016). This recolonisation permitted the perpetuation and consolidation of the patronage system since it began to function as a ‘win‐win game’ for all the political forces which distributed positions in the central government, regional governments and even the para‐state sector, based mainly on quotas proportional to their electoral strength (Rehren, 2002; Ramos and Scrollini, 2013).…”