Latin American state building in comparative perspective: social foundations of institutional order

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.