ABSTRACT
This research had as its purpose to analyse the developmentalists strategic relations between Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) and Volta Redonda/RJ society from 1990 to 1993, when the enterprise was privatized, focusing on reducing post-privatization popular, social and union movements. Data were collected from documentary research and interviews, and the analysis performed using theoretical-procedures of Critical Discourse Analysis, by Norman Fairclough. As its main contributions, the paper demonstrates the importance of considering “non-market” actors, as well as highlighting three discourse orders strategically used to legitimize the governmental interests of each phase. The research results indicate that the "development" was not achieved by the less favored parts of society, generating greater social asymmetry, unemployment, reduction of social movements and environmental problems¸ corroborating the need for discussion about the current demand for the minimization of the interference of State in the economy.
Keywords:
Strategy; Non-market; Neoliberalism; Development; Politics
