Hillel David Soifer

State Building in Latin America

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781107107878
• ISBN-10: 1107107873
• Artikelnr.: 42285556

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.