Estado, crédito e planejamento no desempenho da indústria da construção naval brasileira 1990-2010
The aim of this paper is discuss the recent economic history of the Brazilian shipbuilding industry from 1990 to 2010, highlighting the role of the state, through public policies for the domestic industry and credit linked to the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES). During the period last 20 years, the Brazilian shipbuilding sector has undergone two distinct phases: partial dismantling and recovery activities. In addition to the introduction and final considerations, the article is divided into three topics. In the first, we will present a brief characterization of the shipbuilding industry highlighting its productive aspects, organizational and global participation. Will be detailed the process of dismantling part of the shipbuilding industry, focusing on the process of denationalization and in the absence of public policies more intensive. And, finally, will be feature the resumption of activities anchored in the naval orders from Petrobras and offshore vessels.
A trajetória da marinha mercante brasileira: administração, regime jurídico e planejamento
O objetivo deste artigo e discutir a expansao e o desmonte parcial da marinha mercante brasileira destacando nesta trajetoria o seu regime juridico, administrativo e o planejamento. O periodo analisado compreende desde a formacao Comissao da Marinha Mercante, em 1941, a criacao da Agencia Nacional de Transportes Aquaviarios, em 2001. Nesta longa duracao discutiremos a formacao do sistema nacional de economia e as dinâmicas contraditorias da marinha mercante nacional. O texto esta divido em duas partes: 1) Expansao: a centralizacao, o planejamento e a nacionalizacao com a formacao da industria da construcao naval, destacando a atuacao da Comissao da Marinha Mercante e da Superintendencia Nacional da Marinha Mercante, planejando e financiando a navegacao nacional; 2) Desmonte parcial: a desnacionalizacao e a privatizacao da navegacao nacional, alem da profunda reestruturacao da industria da construcao naval, destacando a criacao da Agencia Nacional de Transportes Aquaviarios.
Continents of Liberty: Emerson and Gerald Vizenor’s Chair of Tears
Ralph Waldo Emerson protested what came to be known as the Trail of Tears in a public letter to President Martin Van Buren in 1838. Th e Cherokee Nation, he argued, had been cheated by a “sham treaty” (Emerson, “Letter” 50), the will of the people ignored, and a false acquiescence to removal written into law. In making a passionate appeal to the highest “chair” of the land, Emerson underscored the great political and moral stakes involved: