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

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Jeff Seward

The Politics of Capitalist Transformation

Brazilian Informatics Policy, Regime Change, and State Autonomy

Jeff Seward

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Routledge
13 December 2016

Political structure & processes; Political economy; Science funding & policy

Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

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.

By: Jeff Seward
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781138638181
ISBN 10: 1138638188
Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 13 December 2016
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

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

'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