ODE TO PRIVATIZATION AND DISGUST TO THE STATE

the case of energy distribution in Maranhão

Authors

  • José Tavares Bezerra Júnior

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18764/2178-2865.v26n2p821-838

Keywords:

Privatization, neoliberalism, tariff increase, universalization of access

Abstract

This article presents a summary of the process of privatization of the electricity sector in Maranhão and its contradictory effects produced, above all, for the less favored class. The unscrupulous advance of neoliberal policy on the working class and its unbridled rage to dominate everything and everyone produces effects that resemble a social trap. Using the criticaldialectical methodology, the partial results of this complex problem demonstrate to the local reality that, if on the one hand, it promotes an unprecedented increase in profitability for the shareholder, on the other hand, it provides a tariff increase and a drop in the quality of the service. from the service to the end user, in addition to keeping thousands of families in the dark without access to electricity, due to the obstacles to universalization.

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Published

2023-01-14

How to Cite

BEZERRA JÚNIOR, José Tavares.
ODE TO PRIVATIZATION AND DISGUST TO THE STATE: the case of energy distribution in Maranhão
. Revista de Políticas Públicas, v. 26, n. 2, p. 821–838, 14 Jan. 2023 Disponível em: https://cajapio.ufma.br/index.php/rppublica/article/view/20670. Acesso em: 26 jun. 2024.