Machine generated contents note: 1. The difficulties of state building ; 2. The 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. The 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 ; Bibliography
"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.