Cultural Heritage BrasÃlia, which had been planned since the late 19th century, was only developed in the mid-1950s before becoming Brazil’s capital in 1960. People from all across the country came to help build it, resulting in a diversified and culturally rich workforce that is still one of the capital’s most valuable assets. Remarkable … Read more
Volta Redonda’s state corporatism poses problems to economic progress due to stiff structures, loose pluralism, and clashing interests. Pittsburgh, formerly the steel capital of the United States, had its fortunes plummet with the fall of the American Steel Industry. According to Barbara Ferman (1996), if the cyclical structure of the manufacturing industry always results … Read more
The Brazilian state after corporatism: conflicting narratives and the problem of subnational reality Schneider (2004) identifies business organization as a classical collective action equation solved by selective incentives provided by the state, indicating a commitment to a state-centered analysis. “My argument is […] when it organizes, the private sector is essentially a reactor to … Read more
Rio de Janeiro’s Metropolitan Region: Clientelism, Distributive Goods, and Political Disincentives for Growth. Whereas state corporatism, as demonstrated in the previous section, is an artificial pattern of cooperation among private and public actors that eventually leads to patterns of severe group conflict and weak bridges connecting the market and the state, political machines and … Read more
Introduction Scholars from a wide range of theoretical backgrounds have given a central role to economic players within various local hierarchies and ruling coalitions throughout the history of urban politics and community power research in the United States. From the earliest elitist/pluralist debates (Dahl, 1961; Hunter, 1953; Polsby, 1963) on the nature of power … Read more