What is state capacity and how does it affect development? The concept of state capacity
acquired centrality during the late seventies and eighties, sponsored by a rather compact set …

This paper reviews the growing literature on “state capacity” in political science and related
disciplines and proposes a new conceptualization of state capacity. The paper argues that …

" The revolution will be Twittered!" declared journalist Andrew Sullivan after protests erupted
in Iran in June 2009. Yet for all the talk about the democratizing power of the Internet …

This article analyses the evolution of COVID-19 and early government responses to the
pandemic in eight South American countries. To this aim, this study explores indicators …

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

The era of official color-blindness in Latin America has come to an end. For the first time in
decades, nearly every state in Latin America now asks their citizens to identify their race or …

State capacity is a core concept in political science research, and it is widely recognized that
state institutions exert considerable influence on outcomes such as economic development …

Latin American State Building in Comparative Perspective provides an account of long-run
institutional development in Latin America that emphasizes the social and political …

Why has violence spiked in Latin America's contemporary democracies? What explains its
temporal and spatial variation? Analyzing the region's uneven homicide levels, this book …

Social policies can transform the lives of the poor and marginalized, yet inequitable
implementation often limits their access. Uneven Social Policies shifts the focus of welfare …