Latecomer state formation: political geography and capacity failure in Latin America

Latin American governments systematically fail to provide the key public goods for their societies to prosper. Sebastian Mazzuca argues this is because nineteenth-century Latin American state formation occurred in a period when commerce, rather than war, was the key driver forging countries. Latin A...

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1. Verfasser: Mazzuca, Sebastián (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven ; London Yale University Press [2021]
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Zusammenfassung:Latin American governments systematically fail to provide the key public goods for their societies to prosper. Sebastian Mazzuca argues this is because nineteenth-century Latin American state formation occurred in a period when commerce, rather than war, was the key driver forging countries. Latin American leaders pursued the benefits of international trade at the cost of long-term liabilities built into the countries they forged, notably patrimonial administrations and dysfunctional regional combinations
Beschreibung:xii, 448 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 25 cm
ISBN:9780300248951