Arranjo institucional, capacidades estatais e política industrial: Os Conselhos de Competitividade do Plano Brasil Maior

Abstract

In this article, it is discussed the relationship between the state capacities and the industrial policy, from an institutional arrangements of public policies perspective. Empirically, it is analyzed the historical experience of tripartite sectoral councils’ implementation and the case of the Competitiveness Councils of “Plano Brasil Maior”.The conclusions indicate that the Competitiveness Councils reproduced problems that were find in the previous experience and they were incapable of generate enough capacities to coordinate the agents, aiming the councils functions.