The Reverse Revolving Door. Participation of Economic Elites in the Public Sector during the 90s in Argentina

ANA CASTELLANI; ALEJANDRO DULITZKY

LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS REVIEW (BINGHAMTON, N.Y.)

Taylor & Francis Group

Año: 2018 vol. 19

1097-8526

La revista está indexada en: Scopus; EBSCOHost; Emerald Management Reviews; ProQuest; Hispanic American Periodicals Index.Abstract: This study analyzes the process of public-private mobility by the Argentine economic elite (i.e., their ?movements? back and forth between the private and public sectors) in the 1990s to assess the use of the revolving door during structural reforms. By studying the careers of senior executives of leading companies and business associations in Argentina, we show that, unlike other countries, the revolving door did not involve a strategy to gain better positions in the private sector. Rather, it was used to get direct involvement in the process of policy-making at a time when neoliberal reforms were being implemented under the prescriptions of the Washington Consensus. Holders of public office briefly took part in government areas that were closely related to the activities of their economic elite, assuming elite job positions in the private sector afterwards.