The State and its reasons: the 2nd PND

Pedro Cezar Dutra Fonseca () and Sergio Marley Modesto Monteiro ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2008, vol. 28, issue 1, 28-46

Abstract: This paper intends to contribute to the debate on the reasons why the Geisel administration (1974-78) chose – as it faced an adverse conjuncture – an accelerated growth agenda which was materialized in the 2nd PND (National Development Plan). In order to do so, it resorts to a methodological definition which is based upon an institutionalist approach and favors the interaction between the political and the economic variables. Contradicting the literature that interprets the strong presence of the State and the regional decentralization of the 2nd PND as signs of neopatrimonialism, it is advocated that this category of analysis is inadequate to explain the government’s choice, although this aspect is embedded in the Brazilian social-historical formation. The political rationality of the plan must be investigated in the conjuncture itself, marked by the liberalization project, which does not clash with the plan’s economic rationality – on the contrary, it is complemented by it. JEL Classification: N16.

Keywords: Brazil; Brazilian economy; 2nd PND; Geisel administration; political liberalization; economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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