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Brazil as an Economic Superpower?

Author : Lael Brainard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0815703651
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Brazil as an Economic Superpower? written by Lael Brainard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Brazil, the confluence of strong global demand for the country's major products, global successes for its major corporations, and steady results from its economic policies is building confidence and even reviving dreams of grandeza—the greatness that has proven elusive in the past. Even as the current economic crisis tempers expectations of the future, the trends identified in this book suggest that Brazil will continue its path toward becoming a leading economic power in the future. Once seen as an economic backwater, Brazil now occupies key niches in energy, agriculture, service industries, and even high technology. Yet Latin America's largest nation still struggles with endemic inequality issues and deep-seated ambivalence toward global economic integration. Scholars and policy practitioners from Brazil, the United States, and Europe recently gathered to investigate the present state and likely future of the Brazilian economy. This important volume is the timely result. In Brazil as an Economic Superpower? international authorities focus on five key topics: agribusiness, energy, trade, social investment, and multinational corporations. Their analyses and expertise provide not only a unique and authoritative picture of the Brazilian economy but also a useful lens through which to view the changing global economy as a whole.

Brazil. an Emerging Democratic, Global Superpower

Author : Ferdinand Frisch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783656216728
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Brazil. an Emerging Democratic, Global Superpower written by Ferdinand Frisch and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Middle- and South America, grade: 1,0, Arizona State University (School Of Politics And Global Studies), course: Latin American Politics, language: English, abstract: Throughout the latest scholar papers, newspaper or political science journal articles Brazil has been termed "an upcoming global power" or "international player" (see Bandeira 2006, O'Neil 2010, Brigagao 2009 and partly Zaverucha 2009). While the term "upcoming global power" is often linked with aspects of economic, environmental and multilateral engagements (i.e. international organizations or trade regimes) within these articles, it also includes Brazil's self-perceived military power and its role in Latin America (regional level) or even the world (international level). Moreover, scholars critical analyze Brazil's intentions as well as the role Brazil will play on the intentional stage in the upcoming years (see Schneider 1976, Baer 2009 and Vaz 2004). Demands have been made by scholars trying to focus on the multilateral role of Brazil in order to "control" its behaviour while emphasizing Brazil's repeatedly emerging domestic problems (i.e. inequality, criminalization, corruption or unsteady institutions). Additionally and for this paper most importantly, Brazil's self-perceived role within the international sphere is mainly linked with its regime form, democratic. Therefore scholars argue that with the democratic transition in the late 1980's, domestic actors and groups emerged on the scene, demanding a larger international role in order to sustain, develop and increase Brazil's international reputation and power (see Brigagao 2009, Zaverucha 2009 and Baer 2009 ). Nevertheless it remains worth to question how these demands take place and how they actually cause a change within the country's foreign policy. Additionally, it will be interesting to see how Brazil absorbs and transfers these internal demands in

Meddling with Growth: Brazil's Micro-Policies in the Age of Turbulence

Author : Claudio Frischtak
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783659462443
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Meddling with Growth: Brazil's Micro-Policies in the Age of Turbulence written by Claudio Frischtak and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-18 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Less than a decade ago, Brazil was described as an economic superpower. Since then optimism faded as the Brazilian economy slid into a pattern of low growth and high inflation. What has gone wrong beyond the well documented problems in fiscal and monetary management? This book attempts to understand this reversal of fortunes by focusing on microeconomic policies that have an impact on the use and allocation of resources, ranging from credit to fiscal incentives, to innovation and trade policy instruments. This volume offers a detailed critique of these policies, whose inspiration seems to be rooted in this historical and costly Brazilian tradition of deep skepticism of market forces and a blind faith in the virtues of government intervention - long challenged by the results on the ground. While this book is likely to appeal the most to readers with a particularly interest in Brazil's recent economic development, it might also provide some broader lessons for analysts and practitioners, whose interests lie elsewhere in the emerging world.

A COUNTRY'S RISE TO PROMINENCE: HOW CAN BRAZIL BECOME A SUPERPOWER IN THE 21ST CENTURY?

Author : Daylan Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book A COUNTRY'S RISE TO PROMINENCE: HOW CAN BRAZIL BECOME A SUPERPOWER IN THE 21ST CENTURY? written by Daylan Gray and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis explores the potential of the Federative Republic of Brazil to become a superpower in the 21st century. First, the thesis discusses the characteristics and attributes of superpowers in the 20th and 21st centuries. Next, it provides a solid presentation of Brazil's past and establishes the importance of the country's geography, political structure and culture. Brazil's potential to become a superpower is closely examined in Chapter III. Chapters IV and V provide an assessment of Brazil's domestic and foreign policies, respectively. Also, this thesis offers various proposals for the actions Brazil can take in order to become a superpower in the 21st century. Values are considered throughout the thesis by examining the various attributes and behaviors that contribute to a state becoming a superpower and by exploring how the Brazilian government does interact and should interact with its citizens and with other countries, through domestic and foreign policy. Overall, based on Brazil's regional dominance, its burgeoning economy, and its increasing status throughout the international community, this thesis concludes that Brazil could become a superpower within the next forty to fifty years.

Early Globalization and the Economic Development of the United States and Brazil

Author : John W. DeWitt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313010714
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis Early Globalization and the Economic Development of the United States and Brazil by : John W. DeWitt

Download or read book Early Globalization and the Economic Development of the United States and Brazil written by John W. DeWitt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-01-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Placing the controversial globalization process in historical context, DeWitt brings this increasingly important topic to life through the experiences of the two most populous states of the Western Hemisphere—Brazil and the United States. Comparing their development processes from the Colonial Era to 1900, he highlights the dramatically different consequences that are incorporated into the world economy for these two states. Sharing similar experiences during the Colonial Era, the countries' internal differences and differing relationships with Great Britain, the economic superpower of the 19th century, led to very different development paths. By 1900, the United States had become a member of the economic core, while Brazil remained mired in the semi-periphery. Pointing out the similarities and differences in the economic development of the United States and Brazil, DeWitt emphasizes that the manner of incorporation into the world economy greatly affected one becoming a superpower and the other remaining a developing nation. This book offers unique insights into globalization, economic development, and the histories of the United States and Brazil.

The Economic Model of Brazil during the Military Dictatorship

Author : Jana Andreas
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638629066
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book The Economic Model of Brazil during the Military Dictatorship written by Jana Andreas and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,3, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW), language: English, abstract: The long discussed plans of the military to deprive the Brazilian President João Goulart of power were finally realized on 1 April 1964. The military justified this step with the argumentation, that Goulart was a populist. His policy was marked by hyperinflation and the polarization between the right and the left wings. The coup d'état was also necessary to fight the major enemy: the communism. The dictators of the military saw themselves as guarantors for a moral, political and economical reconstruction of Brazil and furthermore as an elitist leadership that connected military values with the strong belief in progress. In the following 21 years they established a new generation of regime-dependent technocrats and bureaucrats. The preconditions for this progressive concept were lying within the fields of national security, elimination of political opposition and communist complots. Brazil found a reliable ally against the ‘communist threat’ in the USA.On 11 April 1964 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was elected to become the first president of the military dictatorship that was going to last until 1985. This paper is supposed to give an overview about the economic model that the military pursued during their dictatorship. Among that it will show the rise and fall of this model and the consequences for the population.

The Last Economic Superpower: The Retreat of Globalization, the End of American Dominance, and What We Can Do About It

Author : Joseph P. Quinlan
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071753532
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last Economic Superpower: The Retreat of Globalization, the End of American Dominance, and What We Can Do About It by : Joseph P. Quinlan

Download or read book The Last Economic Superpower: The Retreat of Globalization, the End of American Dominance, and What We Can Do About It written by Joseph P. Quinlan and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Risks and Rewards for the West in the Coming Multipolar World "A marked shift has occurred in the tone and assumptions surrounding our national fortune. Nowhere is this better seen than in the second generation of books dealing with America’s financial crisis, particularly Joseph P. Quinlan’s The Last Economic Superpower." New York Journal of Books The global economy, designed by Western powers with the United States as lead architect, is in the process of reconfiguration. The 2008 global financial crisis has terminated America’s reign as sole economic superpower and opened up important new spheres of influence to developing nations. Does this signal the retreat of globalization as we know it? Has an economic “cold war” already begun? Will the West ever exert the kind of control and influence it enjoyed just a few short years ago? In The Last Economic Superpower, Joseph P. Quinlan, a Wall Street veteran and expert on global economic affairs, addresses these questions and many others. Presenting his vision with refreshing clarity and objectivity, Quinlan examines: How America went from being a major creditor to the world’s largest debtor nation in only two decades Five critical issues America must face in order to prevent permanent fragmentation of the global economy What the fading appeal of Europe and Japan means for the future of globalization What China, India, and others have that the West doesn’t--and why this gives them unprecedented leverage Decisions made now will shape the course of history. The Last Economic Superpower outlines critical choices that must be made in order to recast, reinvent, and reenergize a new style of globalization. The Last Economic Superpower lays bare the issues and challenges that will decide whether the world builds a new, functional system that serves all or fragments into separate spheres of influence, which benefits no one.

Making Of An Economic Superpower, The: Unlocking China's Secret Of Rapid Industrialization

Author : Yi Wen
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814733741
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Book Synopsis Making Of An Economic Superpower, The: Unlocking China's Secret Of Rapid Industrialization by : Yi Wen

Download or read book Making Of An Economic Superpower, The: Unlocking China's Secret Of Rapid Industrialization written by Yi Wen and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of China is no doubt one of the most important events in world economic history since the Industrial Revolution. Mainstream economics, especially the institutional theory of economic development based on a dichotomy of extractive vs. inclusive political institutions, is highly inadequate in explaining China's rise. This book argues that only a radical reinterpretation of the history of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the West (as incorrectly portrayed by the institutional theory) can fully explain China's growth miracle and why the determined rise of China is unstoppable despite its current 'backward' financial system and political institutions. Conversely, China's spectacular and rapid transformation from an impoverished agrarian society to a formidable industrial superpower sheds considerable light on the fundamental shortcomings of the institutional theory and mainstream 'blackboard' economic models, and provides more-accurate reevaluations of historical episodes such as Africa's enduring poverty trap despite radical political and economic reforms, Latin America's lost decades and frequent debt crises, 19th century Europe's great escape from the Malthusian trap, and the Industrial Revolution itself.

Brazil

Author : Bertha K. Becker
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521379052
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Brazil written by Bertha K. Becker and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1992-05-28 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becker and Egler examine and review the process of Brazil's entry into the capitalist world-economy. They trace this development from the country's origins as a Portuguese colony to its status as a regional power in Latin America and the eighth-largest world economy.

Brazil Is the New America

Author : James Dale Davidson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118235568
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Brazil Is the New America written by James Dale Davidson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look to Brazil for safe, stable investments As the future of the American economy seems to get bleaker by the day, it is tempting to look abroad for business opportunities. Europe and Asia don't provide much hope, but what about somewhere that's both closer to home and sunny year-round? In Brazil is the New America: How Brazil Offers Upward Mobility in a Collapsing World, James D. Davidson shows that the current financial situation in Brazil is a haven for those looking to make money in a world in turmoil. With a population just 62 percent the size of that of the US, Brazil has added 15,023,633 jobs over the past eight years, while the US has lost millions. In a world burdened by bankrupt governments and aging populations, Brazil is solvent, with two people of working age for every dependent. In a world of "Peak Oil" Brazil is energy independent, with 70 billion barrels of oil, 60% of the world's unused arable land, and 15% of its fresh water. Comparatively non-leveraged—and with significant room for growth and expansion, as well as vast natural resources, Brazil is a haven of opportunity. Written by James D. Davidson, the editor/publisher of Strategic Investment and cofounder of Agora and the media outlet, Newsmax, Brazil is the New America details: How the original "America" now embodies the brightest hope for realizing the American Dream while the "Old America" is headed for a dramatic decline in the standard of living Investment opportunities not only for those willing to relocate, but anyone who can consider investing there The cost structure of employment in Brazil versus the United States Brazil has already learned its lesson about the dangers of inflation. Cash has taken the place of credit, and high interest rate returns are now the norm.

Brazil

Author : Neill Lochery
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465080707
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Brazil written by Neill Lochery and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1939, Brazil seemed a world away from the chaos overtaking Europe. Yet despite its bucolic reputation as a distant land of palm trees and pristine beaches, Brazil’s natural resources and proximity to the United States made it strategically invaluable to both the Allies and the Axis alike. As acclaimed historian Neill Lochery reveals in The Fortunes of War, Brazil’s wily dictator Getúlio Dornelles Vargas keenly understood his country’s importance, and played both sides of the escalating global conflict off against each other, gaining trade concessions, weapons shipments, and immense political power in the process. Vargas ultimately sided with the Allies and sent troops to the European theater, but not before his dexterous geopolitical machinations had transformed Rio de Janeiro into one of South America’s most powerful cities and solidified Brazil’s place as a major regional superpower. A fast-paced tale of diplomatic intrigue, The Fortunes of War reveals how World War II transformed Brazil from a tropical backwater into a modern, global power.

Brazil on the Rise

Author : Larry Rohter
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0230120733
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Brazil on the Rise written by Larry Rohter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fabled country with a reputation for danger, romance and intrigue, Brazil has transformed itself in the past decade. This title, written by the go-to journalist on Brazil, intimately portrays a country of contradictions, a country of passion and above all a country of immense power.

The Rise of Brazil as an Agricultural Superpower and the Dilemma Over the Amazon Rain Forest

Author : Luiz C. Barbosa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)

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Book Synopsis The Rise of Brazil as an Agricultural Superpower and the Dilemma Over the Amazon Rain Forest by : Luiz C. Barbosa

Download or read book The Rise of Brazil as an Agricultural Superpower and the Dilemma Over the Amazon Rain Forest written by Luiz C. Barbosa and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guided by treadmill of production theory, the paper shows how rising world demand for meats has contributed to deforestation in the southern portion of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, specifically in the state of Mato Grosso, through the expansion of both cattle herding and soybean agriculture. These economic activities in Mato Grosso are described as part of a global agricultural treadmill of production. Their expansion in the state has led to deforestation in existing private properties and in public forested lands, large portions of which have been taken over and commodified. In addition to exploring the role of economic relationships on deforestation, the paper describes the ideology that lubricates the treadmill of production in Mato Grosso. It argues that ideology plays a vital role in the ecopolitics of development vs. preservation. Success in markets for agricultural products has led the Brazilian government to aim at transforming the country into an agricultural superpower, a goal in line with nationalist development ideology that can be adverse to preservation. The paper also describes how ideology affects local people's perception of environmentalist organizations and their calls for preservation. Due to their opposition to commodity agriculture, environmentalist organizations have become the target of hostility from nationalist and pro-development groups who see them as being against development, and thus anti Brazil. Passages from field interviews conducted during a visit to Mato Grosso in April 2007 and news accounts are used to illustrate how ideology helps sustain the status quo. Statistical analysis of data on a municipal level for the state of Mato Grosso is used to reveal the effect of cattle herding and soybean agriculture on deforestation.

Decadent Developmentalism

Author : Matthew M. Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108842283
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Decadent Developmentalism written by Matthew M. Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complementarities between political and economic institutions have kept Brazil in a low-level economic equilibrium since 1985.

Brazil in World Trade

Author : Dan Wei
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789041133359
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Brazil in World Trade written by Dan Wei and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazil, experiencing its largest economic expansion in three decades, is increasingly at the centre of international trade negotiations. As the world grapples with one of the most severe financial recessions of all time, Brazil is using this opportunity to harness its authority regionally and globally. The country's already booming exports, recent offshore oil discoveries, macroeconomic stabilization, efficient government policies, and strategic ties to other emerging powers such as China are combining to transform Brazil into an economic superpower. Domestically, Brazil has almost instantaneously been given added political clout, which it can use as leverage in international bargaining. Brazil's growing prominence on the world stage, both as an investor and as a beneficiary of investments, merits attention to its behaviour regarding contingent protection measures and its strategically active use of WTO law and mechanisms. This book provides a thorough analysis of current Brazilian trade policy in regard to both the country's historical economic situation and its commitments as a member of the World Trade Organization. Among the aspects that come under analysis are the following: Brazil's use of antidumping, countervailing measures, and safeguards; the lingering tendency towards protectionism in Brazil's traditional industrial sector; interaction between trade and competition policies; the strategic partnership between Brazil and China; resolution of Sino-Brazilian trade disputes; Brazil's regional free trade agreements; measures taken by Brazil as an importing country; measures taken by other WTO members against Brazil; and investigations conducted by foreign trade investigating authorities involving Brazilian exports. Replete with case studies and analyses of relevant proposals and initiatives, this incomparable resource offers the most comprehensive treatment available in one place of Brazil's role and activity in the global trade regime. It is sure to be widely read not only by lawyers and legal academics but by the entire spectrum of those interested in the present and future of the world trade system.

Brazil--the People and the Power

Author : Miguel Arraes
Publisher : Harmondsworth : Penguin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Brazil--the People and the Power written by Miguel Arraes and published by Harmondsworth : Penguin. This book was released on 1972 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lula, the Workers' Party and the Governability Dilemma in Brazil

Author : Hernán F. Gómez Bruera
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135050074
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Lula, the Workers' Party and the Governability Dilemma in Brazil written by Hernán F. Gómez Bruera and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While scholars, activists and pundits from around the world have heralded the Lula years as a breakthrough for poverty reduction and the forthcoming emergence of Brazil as a dynamic economic superpower, many of their counterparts in the country as well as a number of Brazilianists elsewhere, have expressed great disappointment. Tracing back the trajectory of Brazilian Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT), Hernán F. Gómez Bruera explores how holding national executive public office contributed decisively to a pragmatic shift away from the party’s radical redistributive and participatory platform, earning the approbation of international audiences and criticisms of domestic progressives. He explains why a unique party, which originally promoted a radical progressive agenda of socio-economic redistribution and participatory democracy, eventually adopted an orthodox economic policy, formed legislative alliances with conservative parties, altered its relationship with social movements and relegated the participatory agenda to de sidelines. Touching on multiple dimensions, from economic policy and land reform to social policy, this book offers a distinct explanation as to why progressive parties of mass-based origin shift to the center over time and alter their relationships with their allies in civil society. Written in a clear and accessible style and featuring an enormous wealth of firsthand accounts from party leaders at all levels and within different factions, Gómez Bruera offers much needed new insights into why progressive parties alter their discourses and strategies when they occupy executive public office.