Latecomer State Formation: Political Geography and Capacity Failure in Latin America by Sebastian Mazzuca
English | ISBN: 0300248954 | 464 pages | EPUB | May 11, 2021 | 5.32 Mb
English | ISBN: 0300248954 | 464 pages | EPUB | May 11, 2021 | 5.32 Mb
Latin American governments systematically fail to provide the key public goods for their societies to prosper. Sebastián 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.