State elites and industrialization: comparison between Brazil, Argentina and Mexico (1920-1970

Vol. 34 No. 3 (2014)

Jul-Sep / 2014
Published July 1, 2014
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How to Cite

Perissinotto, Renato, Paulo Roberto Neves Costa, Wellington Nunes, and Angela Ilha. 2014. “State Elites and Industrialization: Comparison Between Brazil, Argentina and Mexico (1920-1970”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 34 (3):503-19. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3157-2014-2387.

State elites and industrialization: comparison between Brazil, Argentina and Mexico (1920-1970

Renato Perissinotto
Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política (PPGCP) da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – Paraná, Brasil. Pesquisador do CNPq.
Paulo Roberto Neves Costa
Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política (PPGCP) da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – Paraná, Brasil. Pesquisador do CNPq.
Wellington Nunes
Mestrando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política (PPGCP) da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – Paraná, Brasil. Bolsista da CAPES.
Angela Ilha
Graduanda em Ciências Sociais na Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – Paraná, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 34 No. 3 (2014), Jul-Sep / 2014, Pages 503-519

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to stress on the importance of the sociology of state elites to fully understand developmental processes. With that purpose in mind, we comparatively analyze the industrialization process in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico from 1920 to 1970. Our analysis shows that although Argentina was in a much better condition to initiate its industrialization process in the early thirties, it was overtaken by Brazil and Mexico already in the late fifties. The article suggests that this took place because Brazil and Mexico, among other things, had a state elite willing to take development seriously, whereas Argentina lacked it.

JEL Classification: Z13.


Keywords: Brazil Argentina Mexico industrialization state elites