Business-state relations in Brazil : challenges of the port reform lobby /

Doctor, Mahrukh,

Business-state relations in Brazil : challenges of the port reform lobby / Mahrukh Doctor. - 1 online resource - Routledge studies in Latin American politics ; 12 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The context: the challenge of boosting competitiveness -- The story: institutions, actors and port reform legislation -- The theory: institutional change and business lobbying -- Full steam ahead -- spurs to port reform legislation -- A perilous journey -- institutions and actors as obstacles to reform -- The voyage so far -- transport logistics and Brazil cost -- Business collective action: from corporatism to policy networks -- Institutional reform: change via sedimentation not metamorphosis.

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Harbors--Government policy--Brazil.
Harbors--Law and legislation--Brazil.
Business and politics--Brazil.
Lobbying--Brazil.
TRANSPORTATION--Ships & Shipbuilding--Pictorial.
Business and politics.
Harbors--Government policy.
Harbors--Law and legislation.
Lobbying.
Politics and government.


Brazil--Politics and government.
Brazil.


Electronic books.

HE555.B8 / D63 2017eb

387.10981