Kurtz, Marcus J. <br/><br/>
Latin American state building in comparative perspective  social foundations of institutional order /  [electronic resource] : 
Marcus J. Kurtz. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2013. 
 - x, 275 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "Provides an account of long-run institutional development in Latin America that emphasizes the social and political foundations of state-building processes"-- 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781139611633 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nation-building--History.--Latin America
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Latin America--Politics and government.<br/>Latin America--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JL966  / .K87 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.98