Institutional political economy of local development: two stories of tourism in Brazil

Authors

  • Bert Helmsing Instituto de Estudios Sociales, La Haya, Holanda; Universidad de Utrecht, Utrecht, Holanda
  • Paula Ellinger Fonseca Maestra en Desarrollo Local y Regional, Instituto de Estudios Sociales, La Haya, Universidad Erasmus Rotterdam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612011000100002

Keywords:

regional and local development, socio-territorial transformations

Abstract

There is growing recognition within local and regional studies regarding the importance of institutions. A Í€˜soft institutionalismÍ€™ predominates, which is criticised here for leaving out the explicit role of the State and for having a bias towards synergies and positive externalities. We seek to contribute to an institutional political economic theory of local development. We bring together social and political conceptions of Í€˜old institutional economicsÍ€™ and evolutionary economics, and the State is explicitly brought back into the analysis. The construction of new institutions is explored as a path dependent process in which institutions (re)shape the development path of an area in a particular direction. Using different kinds of power resources, different social groups struggle for control. We use the framework to analyze the divergent stories of two cases of local development in Brazil based on tourism. Prainha do Canto Verde developed community-based tourism, while in Jericoacoara local development culminated in mass tourism.

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Published

2011-04-02

How to Cite

Helmsing, B., & Ellinger Fonseca, P. (2011). Institutional political economy of local development: two stories of tourism in Brazil. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 37(110). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612011000100002

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 110 (2011)

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