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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"Provides an account of long-run institutional development in Latin America that emphasizes the social and political foundations of state-building processes"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. -- Difficulties of state building -- 2. Social foundations of state building in the contemporary era -- 3. State formation in Chile and Peru: institution building and atrophy in unlikely settings -- 4. State formation in Argentina and Uruguay: agrarian capitalism, elite conflict, and the construction of cooperation -- 5. Divergence reinforced: the timing of political inclusion and state strength in Chile and Peru -- 6. Social question and the state: mass mobilization, suffrage, and institutional development in Argentina and Uruguay -- 7. Conclusions, implications, and extensions: social foundations, Germany/Prussia, and the limits of contemporary state building. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Latin America -- Politics and government.
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Latin America. |
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Politics and government. |
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Nation-building -- Latin America -- History.
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Nation-building. |
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History. |
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Latin America -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kurtz, Marcus J. Latin American state building in comparative perspective. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521766449 (DLC) 2012028450 (OCoLC)806019852 |
| ISBN |
9781139624657 (electronic book) |
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1139624652 (electronic book) |
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9781139019668 (electronic book) |
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113901966X (electronic book) |
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9781139615358 |
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1139615351 |
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9781139611633 (e-book) |
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1139611631 (e-book) |
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9780521766449 |
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0521766443 |
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9780521747318 |
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0521747317 |
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