The Politics of Capitalist Transformation: Brazilian Informatics Policy, Regime Change, and State Autonomy

Author:   Jeff Seward
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138638181


Pages:   252
Publication Date:   13 December 2016
Format:   Hardback
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The Politics of Capitalist Transformation: Brazilian Informatics Policy, Regime Change, and State Autonomy


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The Politics of Capitalist Transformation is the only book-length study of the highly protectionist Brazilian informatics policy from its origins in the early 1970s to the collapse of the market reserve in the early 1990s and its impact in subsequent decades. Jeff Seward provides a sophisticated political analysis of how state activists constructed high levels of state autonomy to try to shift Brazil to a new variety of capitalism by eclipsing the multinational companies (especially IBM) that dominated the Brazilian computer sector and replacing them with local companies with 100 percent Brazilian technology and ownership. This ambitious policy required repeated shifts of political strategy and policymaking institutions to respond to a constantly changing economic and political environment as Brazil made a dramatic transition from military dictatorship to democracy. The innovative framework to analyze state autonomy and the sophisticated political analysis of the policymaking process will be of interest to scholars and students of Brazilian and Latin American political economy, varieties of capitalism theory, state theory, democratic transition theory, and high technology policymaking in developing countries.

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Author:   Jeff Seward
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781138638181


ISBN 10:   1138638188
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   13 December 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Bringing Politics Back in Chapter 2: The Strategic Universe and Brazilian State Autonomy: The Context of the Brazilian Informatics Policy Chapter 3: The Trajectory of Brazilian State Autonomy I: COBRA and CAPRE in the Military Dictatorship, 1971-1979 Chapter 4: The Trajectory of Brazilian State Autonomy II: SEI and the National Security Council in the Transition to Democracy, 1979-1984 Chapter 5: The Trajectory of Brazilian State Autonomy III: SEI, CONIN, and the Ministry of Science and Technology: Consolidating Institutions in the New Democracy, 1985-1987 Chapter 6: The Trajectory of Brazilian State Autonomy IV: The Decline and Fall of the Market Reserve, 1987-1992 Chapter 7: Mapping the Topography of State Autonomy, 1971-1992 Chapter 8: Conclusion: Explaining the Autonomy of The Brazilian State CAPRE and SEI, 1971-1992 Index

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<strong>'This richly detailed analysis of the rise and fall of Brazil s market reserve for informatics provides insights into both the art of policy making and the limits of protectionism. Combining archival research with interviews with key players, the text provides fascinating details and some provocative insights.' - </strong><em>Melissa H. Birch, University of Kansas, USA</em></p>


'This richly detailed analysis of the rise and fall of Brazil s market reserve for informatics provides insights into both the art of policy making and the limits of protectionism. Combining archival research with interviews with key players, the text provides fascinating details and some provocative insights.' - Melissa H. Birch, University of Kansas, USA


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Jeff Seward is an associate professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Pacific University. His research interests include comparative politics (with a special emphasis on Brazil and Latin America), political philosophy, political economy, and politics in literature and film.

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