Latin American state building in comparative perspective social foundations of institutional order / Marcus J. Kurtz.
| Author/creator | Kurtz, Marcus J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press, |
| Description | x, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 1. 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. |
| Abstract | "Provides an account of long-run institutional development in Latin America that emphasizes the social and political foundations of state-building processes"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-269) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012028450 |
| ISBN | 9780521766449 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780521747318 (pbk.) |