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

If economic elites are notorious for circumventing tax obligations, how can institutionally weak governments get the wealthy to shoulder a greater tax burden? T

In Central America, dynamic economic actors have inserted themselves into global markets. Elites atop these sectors attempt to advance a state-building project

There is a widespread concern that, in some parts of the world, governments are unable to exercise effective authority. When governments fail, more sinister for

This book identifies sources of power that help business and economic elites influence policy decisions.