Critical junctures? Privatization policy in Brazil and Argentina at the start of the century

John Hogan, David Doyle

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Abstract

This paper uses the critical junctures framework developed by Hogan and Doyle (2007) to determine if there were critical junctures in privatization policy in Brazil and Argentina at the start of the 21st century. The framework constitutes a rigorous approach to the identification of crisis, ideational change, and policy change. It is used to examine the economic disasters in Brazil in 1999 and Argentina in 2001. Previously, we would have had to wait decades before making such an assessment, as there were few tools with which to identify critical junctures, and these were usually only effective long after the event.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)59-74
Number of pages16
JournalOpen Political Science Journal
Volume1
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Keywords

  • Critical junctures
  • Ideational change
  • Macroeconomic crisis
  • Policy change privatization policy

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