The weight of the State in the development of Brazilian society: the interpretation of Raymundo Faoro and Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Authors

  • Pollyanna Paganoto Moura Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Camilla dos Santos Nogueira
  • Rodrigo Emmanuel Santana Borges

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/dialogo.v0i46.6683

Keywords:

Bureaucratic status, state bourgeoisie, bureaucratic rings, Raymundo Faoro, Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Abstract

The present paper aims to show the relationship between Raymundo Faoro's and Fernando Henrique Cardoso's thoughts regarding the role of state bureaucracy in the development of the nation. Analyzing Faoro's work “Os donos do poder” and a broader set of Cardoso's works, we highlight the similarities and dissimilarities in the thinking of the two authors. We realize that, despite disagreeing with respect to the autonomy of bureaucracy vis-à-vis the classes, Faoro's concept of “bureaucratic status” comes close to Cardoso's categories of “State bourgeoisie” and “bureaucratic rings”, so that both agree with the impossibility of understanding capitalist development in Brazil without taking into account the political forces that dominate the nation.

Author Biographies

Pollyanna Paganoto Moura, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutoranda em Economia do Desenvolvimento pela UFRGS. Bolsista pela Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Capes. Atualmente é professora substituta do Departamento de Economia da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo.

Camilla dos Santos Nogueira

Doutora em Política Social pela UFES. Atualmente é economista da equipe técnica de acompanhamento das ações socioeconômicas de recuperação da Bacia do Rio Doce, porção capixaba, alocada na Secretaria Estadual de Trabalho, Assistência e Desenvolvimento Social do Espírito Santo.

Rodrigo Emmanuel Santana Borges

Doutor em Economia Internacional e Desenvolvimento pela Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Bolsista de pós-doutorado (EDITAL FAPES/CAPES N. 10/2018 – PROFIX 2018) no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Política Social (PPGPS) da UFES.

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Published

2021-04-29

Issue

No. 46 (2021)

Section

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