Politics Within the State: Elite Bureaucrats and Industrial Policy in Authoritarian Brazil

by Ben Ross Schneider

Book Overview

Brazil was one of the most successful examples of state-led industrialization in the post-1945 era. Yet the Brazilian bureaucracy is very fragmented, personalized, and ad hoc. Turnover is high, all policy-relevant positions are subject to political appointment, and officials spend only a short time in positions for which they often lack expertise. How can such a state function, let alone foster rapid economic transformation?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822936895
• ISBN13: 9780822936893
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 337 Pages