Abstract
This article demonstrates that the position of dominance enjoyed by state sanitation companies dictates the public policy decision-making process for sanitation in Brazil. These companies' hegemony is explained here through the analysis of a path that generated political and economic incentives that have permitted its consolidation over time. Through the content analysis of the legislation proposed for the sector and the material produced by the stakeholders involved in the approval of new regulations for the sector in 2007, the study identifies the main sources of incentive introduced by the adoption of the National Sanitation Plan, which explain certain structural features of the current sanitation policy and its strong capacity to withstand the innovations proposed under democratic rule.
Highlights
This article demonstrates that past public policies and the position of dominance achieved by state sanitation companies lie behind some of the obstacles that have blocked the main regulatory innovations proposed by the Union for the modernization of the sector since the return to democracy
We identify the main innovations vetoed by state stakeholders in the sanitation sector in their bid to prevent the political and economic costs that might threaten their hegemony in the provision of these services in Brazil
We make a comparative analysis of the content of the innovations originally proposed in the bill submitted to the federal executive branch of government after the end of the National Sanitation Plan with the content of the innovations effectively introduced in the new sanitation law in response to the action of these groups in the legislative arena
Summary
SOUSA, Ana Cristina A. de; COSTA, Nilson do Rosário. Basic sanitation policy in Brazil: discussion of a path. Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, v.23, n.3, jul.-set.
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