State Building in Latin America

State Building in Latin America explores why some countries in the region developed effective governance while others did not.

List of contents

Introduction: the origins of state capacity in Latin America; 1. The emergence of state-building projects; 2. A theory of state-building success and failure; 3. Alternative historical explanations and initial conditions; 4. State projects, institutions, and educational development; 5. Political costs, infrastructural obstacles, and tax state development; 6. Local administration, varieties of conscription, and the development of coercive capacity; 7. Conclusion.

About the author

Hillel Soifer is an assistant professor of Political Science at Temple University, Philadelphia. His research has been published in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, Studies in Comparative International Development and the Latin American Research Review. He was awarded the 2013 Alexander George Award for Best Article by the Qualitative and Multi-Method Section of the American Political Science Association, and has served as the Peggy Rockefeller Visiting Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Massachusetts.

Summary

State Building in Latin America explores why some countries in the region developed effective governance, while others did not. The argument focuses on political ideas, economic geography, and public administration to account for the development of public primary education, taxation, and military mobilization in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.

Product details

• Authors: Hillel David Soifer, Hillel David (Temple University Soifer, Soifer Hillel David
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2016
• EAN: 9781107518407
• ISBN: 978-1-107-51840-7
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Public Administration, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Political structure and processes