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State Formation and Democracy in Latin America, 1810-1900 (Paperback)
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State Formation and Democracy in Latin America, 1810-1900 (Paperback)
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Despite a shared colonial past, South American nations experienced
different patterns of conflict in the nineteenth century. These
differences led to the creation of a variety of states and regimes,
from authoritarian military oligarchies to popular democracies.
Using a rigorous logic of comparison, Fernando Lopez-Alves explores
the roots of state building in five countries and explains why the
political systems of these early postindependent societies were
prone to militarism, corporatism, or liberal democracy.
Breaking with the traditional economic analysis of South American
development, Lopez-Alves argues that civil-military relations lay
at the core of state building. By comparing three countries in
particular--Uruguay, Colombia, and Argentina--during an intense
phase of state and regime formation, he shows how war and the
collective action of the rural poor contributed to the construction
of central armies, the rise of new social classes, and the
emergence of civilian organizations. He also examines
characteristics unique to each country's war-formed culture and
discusses how coalitions were built during this period. Examples
from Paraguay and Venezuela and references to state formation in
Europe, the United States, Asia, and the Middle East add to the
complexity and richness of the study's comparative analysis.
Drawing on a vast bibliography of both primary and secondary
sources, Lopez-Alves goes beyond providing insights into the
particular development of Latin American countries and introduces a
comprehensive theory of state formation applicable to other
regions. This book will interest Latin Americanists, historians,
political scientists, and sociologists studying state formation.
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