Building policy capacity within contextual and political boundaries: an analysis of policies in fiscal and social areas in Brazil (1988/2016)

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https://doi.org/10.21874/rsp.v71ib.4056

Palabras clave:

state capacity, policy capacity, political priorities, Brazil

Resumen

The current debate on state capacity, despite practical relevance for policy-making and analytical advances in the last decades, is still permeated by several theoretical and methodological problems. Considering that a revised concept of policy capacity has analytical utility, this work has contributed to the literature in three interrelated ways. First of all, we work on the concept of state capacity, highlighting its specificities in regard to the generic notion of power. Secondly, this article shows the relevance of bringing contextual and political elements into the debate of capacity. Thirdly, it helps to establish clearer boundaries on this notion, marking its differences to concepts such as resources and results. Empirically, it analyzes policy capacity developments in areas that have expressed priorities in the governmental agenda in former Brazilian presidencies. In the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, the focus is on the fiscal function of the state as a guarantor of credibility for investors, having as a case study the National Treasury Secretariat (STN), within the Ministry of Finance. In Lula's and Dilma's terms, the attention is the social area: the National Secretariat of Citizenship Income, within the Ministry of Social Development, and the National Secretariat of Housing, within the Ministry of Cities, both created at the beginning of the government Lula.

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Maria Rita Loureiro, Fundação Getúlio Vargas - Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo

Professor of Public Administration and government of FGV/SP and retired professor from Faculty of Economics and Management  of University of São Paulo(FEA/USP). She holds a Master and Doctorate in Sociology from the University of São Paulo, with a post-doctorate in Sociology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de Paris and in Political Science from the New York University. 

Fernanda Lima-Silva, Fundação Getúlio Vargas - Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo

Holds a Master and Doctorate in Public Administration and Government from the Fundação Getulio Vargas - Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV EAESP), and is a postdoctoral researcher at Centro de Administração Pública e Governo (Ceapg) in FGV EAESP.

Adriana Veiga Aranha, Fundação Getulio Vargas - Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo

Holds a Master in Public Administration from Fundação João Pinheiro and a Doctorate in Public Administration and Government from Fundação Getulio Vargas - Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV EAESP), with a doctoral internship at the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra

Felipe Calabrez, Fundação Getulio Vargas - Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo

Holds a Master in Political Science from the Federal University of Parana (UFPR) and a Doctorate in Public Administration and Government at  Fundação Getulio Vargas - Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV EAESP).  

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Publicado

2020-12-11

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Loureiro, M. R., Lima-Silva, F., Aranha, A. V., & Calabrez, F. (2020). Building policy capacity within contextual and political boundaries: an analysis of policies in fiscal and social areas in Brazil (1988/2016). Revista Do Serviço Público, 71(b), 7 - 37. https://doi.org/10.21874/rsp.v71ib.4056

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Especial: Capacity building for development in Brazil (closed)