ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a literature review to problematise the relationship between the disciplinary field of urban design and neoliberalism and how it can be studied in the case of Santiago de Chile. In this chapter, I present the definitions and perspectives on urban design as a mongrel discipline whose aim is to produce good cities. Also, the chapter exposes what the political and ideological dimensions of neoliberalism with a focus on Chile and its relationship with the processes of the production of cities are. Furthermore, this chapter briefly introduces the main discussions on how neoliberalism has changed the city of Santiago that will be further developed in the following chapters.
