The Brazilian Developmentalist State in Historical Perspective: Revisiting the 1950s in Light of Today's Challenges

Ioris, Rafael R.; Ioris, Antônio Augusto Rossotto

doi:10.1080/13260219.2013.806016

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“…Events outside the agricultural sector directly affected its transition to agro-neoliberalism, in particular inflation reduction and macroeconomic stabilization policiesknown as the Real Plan, launched in 1994 and maintained by President Cardoso (1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002) which strengthened the national currency, the real (R$), and facilitated agro-industrial imports, while at the same time creating circumstantial barriers to the export of Brazilian goods for most of the decade (Ioris and Ioris, 2013).…”

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Encroachment and entrenchment of agro-neoliberalism in the Centre-West of Brazil

Ioris

2017

Journal of Rural Studies

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From being a net food importer in recent decades, Brazil is now considered a successful case of agricultural production and export. However, this image of triumph and efficiency helps to conceal growing socio-ecological impacts and mounting uneasiness. The complex and contradictory landscape of contemporary Brazilian agribusiness represent a relevant example of the advance of agro-neoliberalism, which is both an economic and technological process of agriculture modernization and intensification, in accordance to liberalizing pressures, and also a politico-ecological phenomenon centred on market-based solutions to old and new production, innovation and justification questions. Based on qualitative research and three fieldwork campaigns, the article discusses recent politico-economic adjustments particularly in the State of Mato Grosso, in the Centre-West region, which is fast becoming the main area of agribusiness activity in the country. Empirical results demonstrate that agro-neoliberalism has been promoted through inventive public-private associations not for the purpose of domestic food security, but primarily for capital accumulation and to support sectoral interests and macroeconomic strategies.

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Encroachment and entrenchment of agro-neoliberalism in the Centre-West of Brazil

Ioris

2017

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…Sharing the turbulent experience of most other Latin American countries, the Brazilian national state initiated a programme of neoliberal reforms from 1990 that was centred on monetary stabilisation, privatisation and budget controls (Ioris and Ioris ). A well‐crafted macroeconomic programme of inflation targeting – known as Real Plan, launched in 1994 – strengthened the national currency but had the negative effect of facilitating the importation of foreign goods and reducing the competitiveness of Brazilian agriculture.…”

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The politico‐ecological economy of neoliberal agribusiness: displacement, financialisation and mystification

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The intricacy of global agri-food business today is, at once, product and also co-producer of the hegemonic modernisation of capitalism according to the discourse and the strategies of neoliberalism. The expansion of neoliberal agribusiness, situated in the wider context of the politico-ecological economy of contemporary capitalism, is considered with the assistance of an original analytical framework structured around three explanatory categories: displacement (sectoral and spatial transformations), financialisation (the priority of making money over agriculture outcomes) and mystification (dissimulation of the neoliberalising trends and of associated risks and disputes). The proposed analytical framework has significant implications for research in human geography, especially within politicoeconomy and neoliberalism studies, to the extent that it encapsulates interdependent processes that are together responsible for the revitalisation of agribusiness and for the legitimisation of global agrifood markets. The framework is then used to highlight the historico-geographical repercussions of neoliberalised agribusiness in Brazil, which was an element of the conservative responses to the crisis of accumulation caused by the exhaustion of developmentalist policies and state-led entrepreneurialism. Brazilian agribusiness seems to thrive on a peculiar combination of tradition and modernity, as its apparent success betrays a clear attempt to temporarily placate the structural contradictions of capitalist agriculture while tensions and reactions become increasingly evident.The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

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“…3). 249 For IMF stabilization programs throughout Latin America in the 1950s see Kedar (2013, chap. 3), Kofas (1995Kofas ( , 1999Kofas ( , 2001Kofas ( , 2002, and Nemiña and Larralde (2018 Ioris (2013Ioris ( , 2017, at that time there was no consensus as to how to attain long-term economic growth though. 251 By assessing the stance of Brazilian officials in these negotiations, a substantial part of the ongoing debate prevailing in official circles comes to light.…”

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“…Foreign Policy (Política Externa Independente, PEI) of Presidents Jânio Quadros (Jan.-Aug. (1961)(1962)(1963)(1964). The PEI is regarded as a significant shift in the course of the Ioris (2013Ioris ( , 2017. 252 See Kedar (2013).…”

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“…He assured U.S. Embassy officials that "the U.S. Government was wise to insist that Brazil reach an agreement with the IMF before approaching the Export-Import Bank". 272 Lopes' statements illustrate that, in fact, there was no consensus about which policies the country should implement to achieve long-term economic growth at that time, as Ioris (2013Ioris ( , 2017 argues. It also elucidates what terms as "routine of dependency"routine and cyclical interactions between IMF and borrowing countries officials that create an epistemic community, which ultimately encourage local officials to promulgate the liberalization of national economies.…”

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International financial negotiations and political actors: the breakdown in IMF-Brazilian negotiations during the administration of Juscelino Kubitschek (1957-1959)

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The Brazilian Developmentalist State in Historical Perspective: Revisiting the 1950s in Light of Today's Challenges

Cited by 7 publications

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Encroachment and entrenchment of agro-neoliberalism in the Centre-West of Brazil

Encroachment and entrenchment of agro-neoliberalism in the Centre-West of Brazil

The politico‐ecological economy of neoliberal agribusiness: displacement, financialisation and mystification

International financial negotiations and political actors: the breakdown in IMF-Brazilian negotiations during the administration of Juscelino Kubitschek (1957-1959)

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