Business Lobbying
Mapping Policy Networks in Brazil in Mercosur
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5934508 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Galia J Benítez (0000-0001-9688-7600, Madison Area Technical College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 198 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci7100198 |
| OpenAlex | W2896811004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 40 |
In the creation of trade policy, business actors have the most influence in setting policy. This article identifies and explains variations in how economic interest groups use policy networks to affect trade policymaking. This article uses formal social network analysis (SNA) to explore the patterns of articulation or a policy network between the government and business at the national level within regional trade agreements. The empirical discussion herein focuses on Brazil and the setting of exceptions list to Mercosur's common external tariff. It specifically concentrates on the relations between the Brazilian executive branch and ten economic subsectors. The article finds that the patterns of articulation of these policy networks matter and that sectors with stronger ties to key government decision-makers have a structural advantage in influencing trade policy and obtaining and/or maintaining their desired, privileged trade policies, compared with sectors that are connected to government actors with weak decision-making power, but might have numerous and diversified connections. Therefore, sectors that have a strong pluralist-clientelist policy structure with connections to government actors with decision-making power have greater potential for achieving their target policies compared with more corporatist policy networks
Articulation (sociology · Business · Commercial policy · Economics · Government (linguistics · International trade · Political science · Politics · Tariff · Global trade and economics · International Development and Aid · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
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The Not-So-Special Interests
Veto Players
Centrality in social networks conceptual clarification
The Mechanics of Brazil’s Auto Industry
The Political Economy of Trading States
Organizing Babylon ‐ On the Different Conceptions of Policy Networks
New challenges, new alliances
Directly Unproductive, Profit-Seeking (DUP) Activities
Pressure Groups and the Pattern of Tariffs
Trade Liberalization and the Theory of Endogenous Protection
The Incidental Fortress
Insider and Outsider Lobbying of the European Commission
Bargaining Power and Trade Liberalization
An Organizational Approach to State Policy Formation
Representing Efficiency
Presidentialization, Pluralization, and the Rollback of Itamaraty
Leading the Dance? Power and Political Resources of Business Lobbyists
Multinetwork Management
Economic Interests and Regional Trading Arrangements
The political economy of international trade
Introduction
A preliminary ordering of policy network labels
The structure of policy networks
Endogenous Tariff Theory
A Theoretical and Conceptual Reexamination of Subsystem Politics
Beyond Import Substitution
Government Failures in Development
State, market, and global political economy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |