Latin American state building in comparative perspective : social foundations of institutional order /
"Provides an account of long-run institutional development in Latin America that emphasizes the social and political foundations of state-building processes"--
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
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- The difficulties of state building
- 2. The social foundations of state building in the contemporary era
- 3. State formation in Chile and Peru: institution building and atrophy in unlikely settings
- 4. State formation in Argentina and Uruguay: agrarian capitalism, elite conflict, and the construction of cooperation
- 5. Divergence reinforced: the timing of political inclusion and state strength in Chile and Peru
- 6. The social question and the state: mass mobilization, suffrage, and institutional development in Argentina and Uruguay
- 7. Conclusions, implications, and extensions: social foundations, Germany/Prussia, and the limits of contemporary state building.
