title: [Collective action and veto players in public policy: the sanitation policy in Brazil (1998-2002)].
abstract: In 1999, the federal government has committed itself to the IMF with the privatization of the sanitation and other public services, seeking resources to address the fiscal crisis. He proposed the bill 4147/01 as the regulatory framework that would provide the necessary security for investors interested in acquiring the state-owned sanitation enterprises. Against this initiative, a coalition of industry interests mobilized in order to veto the adoption of privatization: the National Front for Environmental Sanitation (FNSA). This paper identifies the actors, the agenda and the interests involved in this political coalition. It shows that the coalition acted decisively as an instance of veto, limiting the effects of the agreement with the IMF on the public policy of sanitation in Brazil this time.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Augusto
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: Nilson do Rosário
authors.initials: Ndo R
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D011332:Privatization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011640:Public Policy; D012499:Sanitation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards