Autonomy of the state and development in the democratic capitalism

• Main Author: Marcus Ianoni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editora 34 2013-12-01
• Series: Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
• Subjects: economic development; conflict; alliances; political economy
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572013000400002&lng=en&tlng=en

The paper argues that if the state, as an expression and part of a pact of domination, operates as a corporate actor with relative autonomy, vision and capacity to promote the development, it is a key institution to the economic transformation. Supported in the neo-Marxism, exposes the limits of institutionalist approach of autonomy of the state to explain its origin, but does not rule out this approach. Maintains that the class-balance theory of the state may explain its relative autonomy and at the same time aid in understanding the historical experiences of social-developmentalist state action, particularly in the social democratic regimes and in the current Latin America.