Search Results for: Latin American State Building In Comparative Perspective

This book provides an account of long-run institutional development in Latin America that emphasizes the social and political foundations of state-building proc

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

The process of construction of national states had a decisive moment during the period of revolutions that spanned from the end of the eighteenth century until

If economic elites are notorious for circumventing tax obligations, how can institutionally weak governments get the wealthy to shoulder a greater tax burden? T

Offers a comprehensive, region-wide analysis of the politics of taxation in Latin America to make reforms politically palatable and sustainable.