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In 1960, Latin America and Spain had the same level of economic and social development, but, in just twenty years, Spain raced ahead. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the design and implementation of developmental state policies in both regions and examines the significant variance in success between Latin America and Spain. The second volume in a trilogy, this collection of studies on state institutions in Latin America and Spain covers the period 1930-1990 and focuses on the successes and failures of the developmental states. This book assumes a wide social science perspective on the phenomenon of the developmental state, focusing on the design, creation and management of public institutions, as well as the creation of national projects and political identities related to development strategies.

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"..this is a quite outstanding volume of comparative historical sociology on the Hispanic world This suggestive and intellectually refreshing quality owes much to the care with which the editors have designed a volume that plainly derives for an extended period of collaboration. -Professor James Dunkerley, Queen Mary, University of London, Journal of Global Faultlines"" Centeno and Ferraro very effectively organize an impressive collection of essays on the challenges of state building in Latin America. Above all, they successfully marshal exceptional scholarly talent and bring it to bear on the puzzle of the long-term process of creating effective and coherent states. Merilee S. Grindle, Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, Harvard University"" In State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain, Centeno and Ferraro and their colleagues probe the historical origins of Latin American and Spanish state building in the long nineteenth century. Their theoretically sophisticated and empirical rich analyses demonstrate that elites in Latin America and Spain sought conscientiously to emulate and adapt the state-making experiences of England, the United States, and France to their own circumstances. Despite some successes early on, by the early twentieth century this project of state making had proven to be a debacle. Building on the best in the contemporary social sciences and recent historiography, this important collection highlights institutional fragility, weak and shallow rule of law, difficulties in creating a competent public bureaucracy, poor economic performance, and failure to construct an encompassing sense of communal identity as central elements in this general pattern of flawed state formation. This volume establishes a new benchmark for future research by historians, political scientists, and sociologists. William C. Smith, Editor, Latin American Politics and Society, University of Miami"" Nineteenth-century experiences of state building in Latin America (ironically mirrored in Spain) offer telling analytical lessons for contemporary debates on the role of the state. This collection unites a set of the world s most distinguished scholars on the topic and offers an invaluable resource for those interested in understanding this historical experience and drawing on it to decipher contemporary puzzles. Peter Evans, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley"" This is the best-organized collection of papers that I have ever come across, splendid in every way. All authors concern themselves with four dimensions of state power territory, economy, infrastructural reach, and legitimacy introduced by the editors, who effectively conclude the volume by assessing the results of the whole enterprise. The papers are little jewels, slowly covering all of the countries with attention to key details from censuses to the nature of war, from the varieties of nationalism to the nature of bureaucracy. The results are illuminating. Holding a mirror up to northwestern Europe, Spanish development is contrasted to that of Latin America, and diversity within Latin America properly and clearly stressed. This book has been needed for a long time. John A. Hall, James McGill Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology, McGill University"" "" this is a quite outstanding volume of comparative historical sociology on the Hispanic world This suggestive and intellectually refreshing quality owes much to the care with which the editors have designed a volume that plainly derives for an extended period of collaboration."" James Dunkerley, Journal of Global Faultlines"" ""Centeno and Ferraro very effectively organize an impressive collection of essays on the challenges of state building in Latin America. Above all, they successfully marshal exceptional scholarly talent and bring it to bear on the puzzle of the long-term process of creating effective and coherent states."" Merilee S. Grindle, Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, Harvard University ""In State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain, Centeno and Ferraro and their colleagues probe the historical origins of Latin American and Spanish state building in the ""long nineteenth century."" Their theoretically sophisticated and empirical rich analyses demonstrate that elites in Latin America and Spain sought conscientiously to emulate and adapt the state-making experiences of England, the United States, and France to their own circumstances. Despite some successes early on, by the early twentieth century this project of state making had proven to be a debacle. Building on the best in the contemporary social sciences and recent historiography, this important collection highlights institutional fragility, weak and shallow rule of law, difficulties in creating a competent public bureaucracy, poor economic performance, and failure to construct an encompassing sense of communal identity as central elements in this general pattern of flawed state formation. This volume establishes a new benchmark for future research by historians, political scientists, and sociologists."" William C. Smith, Editor, Latin American Politics and Society, University of Miami ""Nineteenth-century experiences of state building in Latin America (ironically mirrored in Spain) offer telling analytical lessons for contemporary debates on the role of the state. This collection unites a set of the world s most distinguished scholars on the topic and offers an invaluable resource for those interested in understanding this historical experience and drawing on it to decipher contemporary puzzles."" Peter Evans, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley"" ""The great strength of this book, which will make people return to it again and again, lies in this integrated approach. The volume brings together a variety of work from diverse disciplinary and/or country study fields, making it an invaluable portal for historians, political scientists and sociologists alike to access each others research on state- and nation-making in Latin America."" Nicola Miller, Journal of Latin American Studies"" ""This is the best-organized collection of papers that I have ever come across, splendid in every way. All authors concern themselves with four dimensions of state power - territory, economy, infrastructural reach, and legitimacy - introduced by the editors, who effectively conclude the volume by assessing the results of the whole enterprise. The papers are little jewels, slowly covering all of the countries with attention to key details from censuses to the nature of war, from the varieties of nationalism to the nature of bureaucracy. The results are illuminating. Holding a mirror up to northwestern Europe, Spanish development is contrasted to that of Latin America, and diversity within Latin America properly and clearly stressed. This book has been needed for a long time."" John A. Hall, James McGill Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology, McGill University"

..this is a quite outstanding volume of comparative historical sociology on the Hispanic world This suggestive and intellectually refreshing quality owes much to the care with which the editors have designed a volume that plainly derives for an extended period of collaboration. -Professor James Dunkerley, Queen Mary, University of London, Journal of Global Faultlines"" Centeno and Ferraro very effectively organize an impressive collection of essays on the challenges of state building in Latin America. Above all, they successfully marshal exceptional scholarly talent and bring it to bear on the puzzle of the long-term process of creating effective and coherent states. Merilee S. Grindle, Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, Harvard University"" In State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain, Centeno and Ferraro and their colleagues probe the historical origins of Latin American and Spanish state building in the long nineteenth century. Their theoretically sophisticated and empirical rich analyses demonstrate that elites in Latin America and Spain sought conscientiously to emulate and adapt the state-making experiences of England, the United States, and France to their own circumstances. Despite some successes early on, by the early twentieth century this project of state making had proven to be a debacle. Building on the best in the contemporary social sciences and recent historiography, this important collection highlights institutional fragility, weak and shallow rule of law, difficulties in creating a competent public bureaucracy, poor economic performance, and failure to construct an encompassing sense of communal identity as central elements in this general pattern of flawed state formation. This volume establishes a new benchmark for future research by historians, political scientists, and sociologists. William C. Smith, Editor, Latin American Politics and Society, University of Miami"" Nineteenth-century experiences of state building in Latin America (ironically mirrored in Spain) offer telling analytical lessons for contemporary debates on the role of the state. This collection unites a set of the world s most distinguished scholars on the topic and offers an invaluable resource for those interested in understanding this historical experience and drawing on it to decipher contemporary puzzles. Peter Evans, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley"" This is the best-organized collection of papers that I have ever come across, splendid in every way. All authors concern themselves with four dimensions of state power territory, economy, infrastructural reach, and legitimacy introduced by the editors, who effectively conclude the volume by assessing the results of the whole enterprise. The papers are little jewels, slowly covering all of the countries with attention to key details from censuses to the nature of war, from the varieties of nationalism to the nature of bureaucracy. The results are illuminating. Holding a mirror up to northwestern Europe, Spanish development is contrasted to that of Latin America, and diversity within Latin America properly and clearly stressed. This book has been needed for a long time. John A. Hall, James McGill Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology, McGill University"" "" this is a quite outstanding volume of comparative historical sociology on the Hispanic world This suggestive and intellectually refreshing quality owes much to the care with which the editors have designed a volume that plainly derives for an extended period of collaboration."" James Dunkerley, Journal of Global Faultlines"" ""Centeno and Ferraro very effectively organize an impressive collection of essays on the challenges of state building in Latin America. Above all, they successfully marshal exceptional scholarly talent and bring it to bear on the puzzle of the long-term process of creating effective and coherent states."" Merilee S. Grindle, Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, Harvard University ""In State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain, Centeno and Ferraro and their colleagues probe the historical origins of Latin American and Spanish state building in the ""long nineteenth century."" Their theoretically sophisticated and empirical rich analyses demonstrate that elites in Latin America and Spain sought conscientiously to emulate and adapt the state-making experiences of England, the United States, and France to their own circumstances. Despite some successes early on, by the early twentieth century this project of state making had proven to be a debacle. Building on the best in the contemporary social sciences and recent historiography, this important collection highlights institutional fragility, weak and shallow rule of law, difficulties in creating a competent public bureaucracy, poor economic performance, and failure to construct an encompassing sense of communal identity as central elements in this general pattern of flawed state formation. This volume establishes a new benchmark for future research by historians, political scientists, and sociologists."" William C. Smith, Editor, Latin American Politics and Society, University of Miami ""Nineteenth-century experiences of state building in Latin America (ironically mirrored in Spain) offer telling analytical lessons for contemporary debates on the role of the state. This collection unites a set of the world s most distinguished scholars on the topic and offers an invaluable resource for those interested in understanding this historical experience and drawing on it to decipher contemporary puzzles."" Peter Evans, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley"" ""The great strength of this book, which will make people return to it again and again, lies in this integrated approach. The volume brings together a variety of work from diverse disciplinary and/or country study fields, making it an invaluable portal for historians, political scientists and sociologists alike to access each others research on state- and nation-making in Latin America."" Nicola Miller, Journal of Latin American Studies"" ""This is the best-organized collection of papers that I have ever come across, splendid in every way. All authors concern themselves with four dimensions of state power - territory, economy, infrastructural reach, and legitimacy - introduced by the editors, who effectively conclude the volume by assessing the results of the whole enterprise. The papers are little jewels, slowly covering all of the countries with attention to key details from censuses to the nature of war, from the varieties of nationalism to the nature of bureaucracy. The results are illuminating. Holding a mirror up to northwestern Europe, Spanish development is contrasted to that of Latin America, and diversity within Latin America properly and clearly stressed. This book has been needed for a long time."" John A. Hall, James McGill Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology, McGill University

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Agustin E. Ferraro has worked in diverse public policy fields for governments, NGO's and international organizations. As a Humboldt scholar 2001–2003, he did postdoctoral research at the Institute for Latin American Studies in Hamburg, and at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In 2009, he won a prestigious national award in Spain (INAP) for original research on state institutions in Latin America. Miguel Angel Centeno is Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is well known for his work on Latin America, state capacity, war, and globalization.

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