Shifting States in Global Markets

by Montero, Alfred P.

• ISBN13: 9780271021898
• ISBN10: 0271021896
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr

Summary

Shifting States in Global Markets contributes to the debates over the political economy of globalization by focusing attention on the increasingly important role of subnational governments in implementing economic policies. Challenging the view that the effects of decentralization are positive or negative uniformly and can be explained by reference to the influence of national political institutions, Alfred Montero uses his comparisons of industrial policy in Brazil and Spain, and between different regions in these countries, to argue that we need to pay attention to political conditions at the subnational level to account for the variation in economic success between regions.

Two crucial conditions are emphasized in Montero's analysis: how much competition there is among political elites within any region, and how much competition there is between regions for scarce fiscal resources. Lower competition among elites leads to subnational governments' delegating more autonomy to public agencies to develop ties with private businesses favoring allocative efficien

Author Biography

Alfred P. Montero is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Carleton College.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	xi
Acknowledgments	xi
List of Abbreviations	xv
Introduction: The Political Origins of Synergy	1	(30)
Dual Transitions in Spain and Brazil	31	(30)
Remaking Industrial Policy in Minas Gerais	61	(40)
Designing Reindustrialization in the Principado de Asturias	101	(42)
Populist Goverment and Industrial Policymaking in Rio de Janeiro and Andalusia	143	(34)
Conclusions: Shifting States in Comparative Perspective	177	(32)
Appendix A: Spanish Interviews	209	(4)
Appendix B: Brazilian Interviews	213	(4)
Bibliography	217	(26)
Index	243