Since the 1930s the state has played a primary role in the development process of most Latin American countries, and political systems have had strong corporati

Since the 1930s the state has played a primary role in the development process of Latin American countries, and political systems have had strong corporatist an

Latin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980s, which prompted not only the wave of macroeconomic and deregulation reforms known as the Washington

State Building in Latin America diverges from existing scholarship in developing explanations both for why state-building efforts in the region emerged and for

"Devoting particular emphasis to Bolivia, Chile, and Mexico, proposes a theory of civil society to explain the economic and political challenges for continuing