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This book describes the institutional context that has thwarted the emergence of either a capable developmental or a neoliberal alternative in Brazil since the return to democracy in 1985. The work is a key source for scholars and students of comparative political economy, political science, economics, sociology, and development studies.
List of contents
1. Introduction; Part I. Complementarities in the Economic Sphere: 2. The macroeconomic foundations of the developmental state; 3. Continuity through change: ideas as ballast for the developmental state; 4. The developmental hierarchical market economy; Part II. Economic, Legal and Political Control of the Developmental State: 5. Coalitional presidentialism and defensive parochialism; 6. Rents, control and reciprocity; 7. The autonomous bureaucracy and incremental change; 8. Conclusion; References; Endnotes.
About the author
Matthew M. Taylor teaches at the School of International Service at American University. He is the author or co-editor of books on judicial politics, corruption, and foreign policy in Brazil. He has held fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Council on Foreign Relations, and has lived extensively in Brazil, including serving as a faculty member at the University of São Paulo between 2006 and 2011.
Summary
This book describes the institutional context that has thwarted the emergence of either a capable developmental or a neoliberal alternative in Brazil since the return to democracy in 1985. The work is a key source for scholars and students of comparative political economy, political science, economics, sociology, and development studies.
