Latin American State Building in Comparative Perspective: Social Foundations of Institutional Order

Latin American State Building in Comparative Perspective provides an account of long-run institutional development in Latin America that emphasizes the social and political foundations of state-building processes. The study argues that societal dynamics have path-dependent consequences at two critical points: the initial consolidation of national institutions in the wake of independence, and at the time when the “social question” of mass political incorporation forced its way into the natio...