Structural power in comparative political economy: perspectives from policy formulation in Latin America

Fairfield, Tasha

doi:10.1515/bap-2014-0047

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“…To elucidate this transformation within the financial coalition, we draw on the distinction between instrumental and structural power (Lindblom 1977;Culpepper 2015;Fairfield 2015). Instrumental power refers to the means, not necessarily related to business, through which firms exercise political power, such as lobbying and privileged access to senior policymakers.…”

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Death in Veneto? European Banking Union and the Structural Power of Large Banks

Culpepper

Tesche

2019

SSRN Journal

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The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, created in 1992 and currently directed by Professor Brigid Laffan, aims to develop inter-disciplinary and comparative research on the major issues facing the process of European integration, European societies and Europe's place in 21 st century global politics. The Centre is home to a large post-doctoral programme and hosts major research programmes, projects and data sets, in addition to a range of working groups and ad hoc initiatives. The research agenda is organised around a set of core themes and is continuously evolving, reflecting the changing agenda of European integration, the expanding membership of the European Union, developments in Europe's neighbourhood and the wider world.

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Death in Veneto? European Banking Union and the Structural Power of Large Banks

Culpepper

Tesche

2019

SSRN Journal

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“…Corporate actions such as PPPs and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, and their participation through multi-stakeholder arrangements in health policy, raise questions about asymmetry of powers between the public and private sector actors involved. These have been discussed in the global health (40)(41)(42) and recently, in the political economy literature pertaining to Latin America (43,44). Nevertheless, the literature on the participation of transnational corporations (TNCs) in policy debates, policy design and agenda setting of SSB taxation in low and middle income countries remains limited.…”

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The Political Economy of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Taxation in Latin America: Lessons from Mexico, Chile and Colombia

Carriedo

Koon

Encarnación

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Background: In Latin America, diet-related non-communicable diseases and sales of sugar-sweetened beverages continue to rise at an alarming rate. Calls for action suggest "multi-sector" and "multi-stakeholder" approaches involving civil society and the private sector, including transnational corporations. While the focus has often been on forming “partnerships” of public and private sectors, ensuring the primacy of public health goals remains a significant governance challenge. This paper analyses this governance challenge using the experiences of Chile, Mexico and Colombia in the adoption of taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages. The three countries offer useful comparisons given their similar political and economic systems, institutional arrangements and regulatory instruments. We conducted a qualitative synthesis of the existing empirical evidence applying a political economy analysis to identify successes and failures during the policy process to adopt and implement the tax.Results: The findings suggest that a major constraint was the political influence of transnational corporations in the policy process and on stakeholders. Intergovernmental support was critical to frame the sugary drinks beverages (SSBs) tax aims, mechanisms and its benefits, and for countries to adopt the measures. Coalitions for and against the tax were critical for the policy debates, and a lack of transparency throughout the agenda setting was diluted by powerful TNCs presences in the countries studied.Conclusion: Governance arrangements involving partnerships with private sector actors should recognize the asymmetry of power among them and address it. Such arrangements should adopt clear mechanisms to ensure transparency and accountability of all partners, and avoid the undue influence of unhealthy commodity industries. Support of several governmental entities simultaneously, grassroots groups, and civil society groups in NCD prevention policies is also needed.

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“…el peso de un sector en el PIB o en las exportaciones de un país-no es en sí mismo suficiente para explicar la influencia de ciertos actores empresariales en la mantención del neoliberalismo en el tiempo. En este contexto, los conceptos de poder empresarial -estructural e instrumental-se hacen fundamentales para comprender los canales concretos de influencia que tienen dichos intereses (Fairfield, 2015a;Fairfield, 2015b). El poder estructural del empresariado deriva de su capacidad de afectar la economía a través de la desinversión y huelgas del capital, esto es, de provocar la ralentización de la actividad económica y el desempleo.…”

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La Continuidad del Neoliberalismo en Chile

Madariaga

2019

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Desde la aplicación de la terapia de shock dirigida por Augusto Pinochet y sus Chicago Boys, Chile se transformó en un caso ejemplar para el estudio del neoliberalismo. A pesar de las correcciones introducidas a partir del regreso a la democracia, y contrario a una retórica que enfatiza el carácter reformista de los gobiernos democráticos de centroizquierda, Chile ha mantenido en lo fundamental su modelo económico basado en la herencia neoliberal de la dictadura militar. En este artículo, reviso los factores político-económicos que ayudan a explicar la experiencia de continuidad neoliberal en Chile desde los gobiernos de la Concertación, y poniendo particular énfasis en los gobiernos del "giro a la izquierda" de Ricardo Lagos y Michelle Bachelet. Para analizar la experiencia chilena, en este artículo construyo una explicación holística basada en los tres factores típicos que se utilizan en la economía comparada, ideas, instituciones e intereses, como los tres pilares de una explicación del neoliberalismo y su continuidad, y ofrezco una propuesta teórico-metodológica para observar empíricamente la operación de cada pilar.

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Structural power in comparative political economy: perspectives from policy formulation in Latin America

Abstract: Structural power is a critical variable that merits more extensive and more explicit attention in Latin

Cited by 97 publications

References 33 publications

Death in Veneto? European Banking Union and the Structural Power of Large Banks

Death in Veneto? European Banking Union and the Structural Power of Large Banks

The Political Economy of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Taxation in Latin America: Lessons from Mexico, Chile and Colombia

La Continuidad del Neoliberalismo en Chile

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