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Business and delays in port reform in Brazil

DOCTOR, MAHRUKH

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The case of port modernization reform in Brazil encapsules the problems Brazilian reformers face. Although reform legislation was passed in 1993 (Law 8.630/93), many obstacles remain for full implementation of its provision. This article focuses on how business attitudes and actions deferred reform, and demonstrates how business is unable to contribute to reform implementation because of institutional obstacles and collective action problems. It then suggests a mechanism to overcoming these difficulties; specifically, it examines the evolution of corporatism and the value of constructing democratic close-knit policy communities meeting the needs of each sector. The empirical work is complemented with an unusual combination of three theoretical approaches to explain the political economy of institutional modernization: institutional economics as developed by Douglass North, the logic of collective action as elaborated by Mancur Olson, and policy network analysis as developed by Marsh and Rhodes, Jordan and Richardson.

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DOCTOR, M. (2002). Business and delays in port reform in Brazil. Brazilian journal of political economy = Revisita de economia politica, 22(2), 273-296. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572002-1013

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 1, 2002
Online Publication Date Oct 2, 2020
Publication Date Jan 1, 2002
Journal Brazilian journal of political economy
Print ISSN 0101-3157
Electronic ISSN 1809-4538
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 22
Issue 2
Pages 273-296
DOI https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572002-1013
Keywords Transportalin; Ports; Economic reform
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/409351
Publisher URL http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php/script_sci_serial/pid_0101-3157/lng_en/nrm_iso
Contract Date Aug 15, 2019

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