Latin American state building in comparative perspective [electronic resource] : social foundations of institutional order / Marcus J. Kurtz.

By: Kurtz, Marcus JContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: x, 275 p. : illISBN: 9781139611633 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Nation-building -- Latin America -- History | Latin America -- Politics and government | Latin America -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 320.98 LOC classification: JL966 | .K87 2013Online resources: Click to View
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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; Bibliography.
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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; Bibliography.

"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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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