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Bringing historical sociology and path-dependence together: a case study of the Brazilian political economy (1930-2000)
Zur Zusammenführung von historischer Soziologie und Pfadabhängigkeit: eine Fallstudie zur Politischen Ökonomie Brasiliens (1930-2000)
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Abstract "Historical sociology and path-dependence theory both try to understand how change and continuity interact in long-term social processes. Even so, there is still a lot of uncertainty on the ways that the two methodologies can be adopted together. This paper addresses this question by studying 70 yea... view more
"Historical sociology and path-dependence theory both try to understand how change and continuity interact in long-term social processes. Even so, there is still a lot of uncertainty on the ways that the two methodologies can be adopted together. This paper addresses this question by studying 70 years of interaction between the state and the market in Brazil. Particularly, it shows how an understanding of the historical process that characterized modernization from above in Brazil sheds light on the argument that, despite de facto changes in the country's politico-economics in the 1990s, there is still a strong influence from the state institutions formulated during the 1930s. The paper discusses the main economic, political and administrative changes in state structures that happened over 70 years to provide new insights into the ways in which the historical perspective can contribute to the interpretation of the period of reforms in Brazil." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Brazil; historical analysis; historical development; historical social research; political economy; path dependence; research approach; research deficit; socioeconomic development; process analysis; exertion of government pressure; institution; interpretation; South America; developing country; Latin America
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Social History, Historical Social Research
Political Economy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 172-196
Journal
Historical Social Research, 38 (2013) 2
Issue topic
Aspects of process theories and process-oriented methodologies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.38.2013.2.172-196
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed