Making and Remaking "Good Government" in Brazil

Subnational Industrial Policy in Minas Gerais

Bibliographic Data

ID2953386
AuthorsAlfred P Montero (0000-0002-8739-3964, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume43
Issue2
Pages49-80
Publication date2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLatin American Politics and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1531-426X • E-ISSN: 1548-2456
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1548-2456.2001.tb00399.x
OpenAlexW2037980183
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited24

Comparative examples of “good government” at the subnational level may underanalyze the “public goods” problem facing politicians. Delegating authority and resources to policymaking agencies is possible when political conflict is low. The benefits can be maintained only if public agencies establish ties of “horizontal embeddedness” with industrial clients. This case study of innovative industrial policymaking in Minas Gerais, which is compared with one from Rio de Janeiro, finds that horizontal, interagency ties were critical to policy success. The contrast leads to an examination of the mineiro system's efficacy in promoting externalities, attracting foreign investment, and planning infrastructure in the state's automotive industry

Automotive industry · Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Embeddedness · Externality · Foreign direct investment · Industrial policy · International trade · Political science · Politics · Public good · Public policy · Sociology · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Brazilian History and Foreign Policy · Economic Theory and Policy · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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