Business, Government and Foreign Policy: Brazilian Construction Firms Abroad
This article analyses the interaction between Brazilian companies and government in the context of foreign policy, observing the state's support for the internationalization of large Brazilian civil construction firms. The results show that over the years these companies had privileged access t...
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| description | This article analyses the interaction between Brazilian companies and government in the context of foreign policy, observing the state's support for the internationalization of large Brazilian civil construction firms. The results show that over the years these companies had privileged access to the Federal Executive, including civil service agencies. One consequence of this system of channelling demands through the Executive was to demote the Legislative branch to a secondary role. This pattern of interaction changed following the restoration of Congress's decision-making capacity, prompting the sector to diversify its areas of influence, focusing in particular on the Congress. To expand internationally, construction firms interact with the government primarily through the Executive, specifically via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty), which provides technical and diplomatic support, and the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico, which supplies funding. The main argument of this article is that foreign policy should be examined through the relations between state and non-state actors in a multitude of decision-making arenas, taking into consideration both domestic and international factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07d46570056a47c99a96b2ae88b6187b2022-12-21T19:03:59ZengBrazilian Political Science AssociationBrazilian Political Science Review1981-38211981-38212017-04-01111128Business, Government and Foreign Policy: Brazilian Construction Firms AbroadBernardo Frossard Silva Rego0Ariane Cristine Roder Figueira1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThis article analyses the interaction between Brazilian companies and government in the context of foreign policy, observing the state's support for the internationalization of large Brazilian civil construction firms. The results show that over the years these companies had privileged access to the Federal Executive, including civil service agencies. One consequence of this system of channelling demands through the Executive was to demote the Legislative branch to a secondary role. This pattern of interaction changed following the restoration of Congress's decision-making capacity, prompting the sector to diversify its areas of influence, focusing in particular on the Congress. To expand internationally, construction firms interact with the government primarily through the Executive, specifically via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty), which provides technical and diplomatic support, and the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico, which supplies funding. The main argument of this article is that foreign policy should be examined through the relations between state and non-state actors in a multitude of decision-making arenas, taking into consideration both domestic and international factors.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-38212017000100204&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=enState-business relationshipcivil constructionforeign policycompany internationalization |
| spellingShingle | Bernardo Frossard Silva Rego Ariane Cristine Roder Figueira Business, Government and Foreign Policy: Brazilian Construction Firms Abroad Brazilian Political Science Review State-business relationship civil construction foreign policy company internationalization |
| title | Business, Government and Foreign Policy: Brazilian Construction Firms Abroad |
| title_full | Business, Government and Foreign Policy: Brazilian Construction Firms Abroad |
| title_fullStr | Business, Government and Foreign Policy: Brazilian Construction Firms Abroad |
| title_full_unstemmed | Business, Government and Foreign Policy: Brazilian Construction Firms Abroad |
| title_short | Business, Government and Foreign Policy: Brazilian Construction Firms Abroad |
| title_sort | business government and foreign policy brazilian construction firms abroad |
| topic | State-business relationship civil construction foreign policy company internationalization |
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