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Institutional challenges, the middle-income trap and the pursuit of global economic integration in Latin America (2024)
Book Chapter
Doctor, M. (2024). Institutional challenges, the middle-income trap and the pursuit of global economic integration in Latin America. In E. Amann, & P. N. Figueiredo (Eds.), Innovation, Competitiveness and Development in Latin America: Lessons from the Past and Perspectives for the Future (21-43). New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197648070.003.0002

The main puzzle that this chapter sheds light on is how and why institutions have posed an obstacle to implementing policies that support innovation and competitive integration of Latin America into the global economy? It presents an overview of the... Read More about Institutional challenges, the middle-income trap and the pursuit of global economic integration in Latin America.

Regionalism in the Global South: Understanding the Evolution of Mercosur (2022)
Book Chapter
Doctor, M. (2022). Regionalism in the Global South: Understanding the Evolution of Mercosur. In B. McKercher (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Diplomacy and Statecraft (309-320). (2nd edition). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003016625-31

The world economy, especially international trade in goods and services, was already slowing before the COVID pandemic hit the headlines in early 2020. Mercosur’s sparse institutional structure relies on three main decision-making organs: the Common... Read More about Regionalism in the Global South: Understanding the Evolution of Mercosur.

Development banks as instruments of Brazilian strategic diplomacy (2021)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (in press). Development banks as instruments of Brazilian strategic diplomacy. Contemporary Politics, https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2021.1961395

The article considers whether Brazil’s foreign policies aimed at reforming the global governance architecture for development finance can be considered the application of ‘strategic diplomacy’, and assesses the conditions for and limitations of imple... Read More about Development banks as instruments of Brazilian strategic diplomacy.

MERCOSUR and the Challenges of Regional Integration (2020)
Book Chapter
Doctor, M. (2020). MERCOSUR and the Challenges of Regional Integration. In W. R. Thompson (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1739

In 1991, the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) was launched with the aim of fostering regional integration among its four original members—Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. MERCOSUR evolved from open regionalism to postliberal regionalism in... Read More about MERCOSUR and the Challenges of Regional Integration.

Brazilian business and Itamaraty in the PT era: foreign policy-making in the context of ‘graduation dilemmas’ (2017)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2017). Brazilian business and Itamaraty in the PT era: foreign policy-making in the context of ‘graduation dilemmas’. International Affairs, 93(3), 643-660. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iix077

This article discusses how Brazilian foreign policy-makers addressed one of the key graduation dilemmas facing Brazil, i.e. the need to build domestic support for a shared vision within society for Brazil's role in the international arena. In the con... Read More about Brazilian business and Itamaraty in the PT era: foreign policy-making in the context of ‘graduation dilemmas’.

Business-state relations in Brazil: Challenges of the port reform lobby (2016)
Book
Doctor, M. (2017). Business-state relations in Brazil: Challenges of the port reform lobby. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203744031

© 2017 Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved. In recent years, the spotlight of international attention on Brazil has often been in the area of logistics infrastructure-for example, on its capacity to deal with the high demand expected during the W... Read More about Business-state relations in Brazil: Challenges of the port reform lobby.

Brazil's role in institutions of global economic governance : the WTO and G20 (2015)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2015). Brazil's role in institutions of global economic governance : the WTO and G20. Global Society, 29(3), 286-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2015.1025041

The article evaluates the extent to which Brazil's foreign policy actions, negotiating positions and diplomatic strategies in global governance institutions contribute to supporting its national interest and foreign policy aims. It compares Brazil's... Read More about Brazil's role in institutions of global economic governance : the WTO and G20.

Interregionalism's impact on regional integration in developing countries: the case of Mercosur (2015)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2015). Interregionalism's impact on regional integration in developing countries: the case of Mercosur. Journal of European Public Policy, 22(7), 967-984. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2014.992932

This article examines the impact of interregionalism on deepening regional integration processes in non-European Union (EU) regions, specifically the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). It considers whether ‘capacity-building’ functions of interregion... Read More about Interregionalism's impact on regional integration in developing countries: the case of Mercosur.

Assessing the changing roles of the Brazilian Development Bank (2014)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2015). Assessing the changing roles of the Brazilian Development Bank. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 34(2), 197-213. https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.12210

Since it was founded in 1952, the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES; Brazilian National Bank for Economic and Social Development) has been at the centre of Brazil's industrialisation and development strategy. It played a key... Read More about Assessing the changing roles of the Brazilian Development Bank.

Prospects for deepening Mercosur integration: Economic asymmetry and institutional deficits (2012)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2013). Prospects for deepening Mercosur integration: Economic asymmetry and institutional deficits. Review of International Political Economy, 20(3), 515-540. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2012.671763

Mercosur faces a number of challenges in furthering its regional integration. This article considers whether theories developed for European regionalism, such as neo-functionalism and liberal inter-governmentalism, provide a suitable framework for an... Read More about Prospects for deepening Mercosur integration: Economic asymmetry and institutional deficits.

Inequality, social policy and state welfare regimes in developing countries: The case of Brazil (2012)
Book Chapter
Doctor, M. (2012). Inequality, social policy and state welfare regimes in developing countries: The case of Brazil. In J. Connelly, & J. Hayward (Eds.), The Withering of the Welfare State: Regression (155-171). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230349230_10

What is the role of the state in economic and social development? This long-standing debate in political economy implies an assessment of the desirability and feasibility of the state intervening to influence economic and social outcomes. The assessm... Read More about Inequality, social policy and state welfare regimes in developing countries: The case of Brazil.

Book review: Lael Brainard and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz (eds.), Brazil as an Economic Superpower? Understanding Brazil's Changing Role in the Global Economy (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2009), pp. viii+291, £17.99, pb. (2011)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2011). Book review: Lael Brainard and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz (eds.), Brazil as an Economic Superpower? Understanding Brazil's Changing Role in the Global Economy (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2009), pp. viii+291, £17.99, pb. Journal of Latin American Studies, 43(02), 411-412. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022216x11000356

Journal of Latin American Studies (2011), 43 : pp 411-412 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2011

Is Brazilian capitalism at an institutional equilibrium? A varieties of capitalism approach (2010)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2010). Is Brazilian capitalism at an institutional equilibrium? A varieties of capitalism approach. Desenvolvimento em Debate, 1(1), 50-69

Given that Brazilian capitalism does not fit any single ideal type variety of capitalism, the article discusses whether Brazilian capitalism is still evolving towards an ideal type or whether it is already at a hybrid institutional equilibrium. The a... Read More about Is Brazilian capitalism at an institutional equilibrium? A varieties of capitalism approach.

Lula's development council: Neo-corporatism and policy reform in Brazil (2007)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2007). Lula's development council: Neo-corporatism and policy reform in Brazil. Latin American perspectives, 34(6), 131-148. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X07308265

Brazil's recently created Council for Economic and Social Development was designed to enhance democratic governance and socioeconomic development via consultation and dialogue with civil society actors. In its first years of operation, it served to a... Read More about Lula's development council: Neo-corporatism and policy reform in Brazil.

Boosting investment and growth: the role of social pacts in the Brazilian automotive industry (2007)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2007). Boosting investment and growth: the role of social pacts in the Brazilian automotive industry. Oxford development studies, 35(1), 105-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600810601167629

The article examines why the automotive industry invested over US$20 billion in Brazil in the second half of the 1990s, focusing on how political economy factors influenced investment decisions. It is argued that, in a context of economic and policy... Read More about Boosting investment and growth: the role of social pacts in the Brazilian automotive industry.