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

Brazil was one of the most successful examples of state-led industrialization in the post-1945 era. Yet, on the surface, the Brazilian bureaucracy appears highly fragmented, personalized, and ad-hoc. Ben Ross Schneider looks behind this fa ade to explain how the Brazilian bureaucracy contributes to industrialization by analyzing career patterns and appointments which structure incentives and power more than formal organizations or institutions. Politics and personalism, of the right sort, Schneider argues, can in fact enhance policy effectiveness and state capacity.

Author: Ben Ross Schneider
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 02/15/1992
Pages: 366
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780822985365

About the Author
Ben Ross Schneider is professor of political science at Northwestern University.