The Symptom of Statehood: Price Control Policies and State Capabilities. The Case of Precios Cuidados in Argentina
Keywords:
control de precios - capacidad estatal - autonomía estatal - estatalidad - Argentina. price control - state capacity - state autonomy - statehood - Argentina
Abstract
The so-called price control policies have traditionally
been understood in terms of concerns about the role and
size of bureaucracy; Its short-term efficacy and its the
medium-long term inefficiency; and the constitution of
black markets; among others. However, little has been
researched about its contribution to the development of
state capacities. This paper will analyze the first year of
Precios Cuidados program in Argentina, in order to understand
to what the extent new forms of public-private
articulation contribute to expansion of state capabilities.
In a word, a public policy that will give us the unique
possibility of analyzing the dense links between State,
market and society.
