States in the developing world

What should states in the developing world do and how should they do it? How have states in the developing world addressed the challenges of promoting development, order, and inclusion? States in the developing world are supposed to build economies, control violence, and include the population. How...

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Main Author: Centeno, Miguel Angel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
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505 0 |a Unpacking States in the Developing World : Capacity, Performance, and Politics / Miguel Angel Centeno, Atul Kohli, and Deborah J. Yashar -- The Nationalist Origins of Political Order in India and Pakistan / Maya Tudor --Violence, Fragmented Sovereignty, and Declining State Capacity : Rethinking the Legacies of Developmental Statism in Mexico / Diane Davis -- Unpacking the State's Uneven Territorial Reach : Evidence from Latin America / Agustina Giraudy and Juan Pablo Luna -- Dictatorship and the State : A Comparison of State Building and State Plunder in South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand / Erik Martinez Kuhonta -- Bureaucratic Capacity and Political Autonomy Within National States : Mapping the Archipelago of Excellence in Brazil / Katherine Bersch, S�ergio Pra�ca, and Matthew M. Taylor -- State Capacity, History, Structure, and Political Contestation in Africa / Thandika / Mkandawire -- The Origins of State Capacity in Southern Africa's Mining Economies : Elites and Institution Building in Botswana, Zambia, and South Africa / Antoinette Handley -- Economic Liberalization, Electoral Coalitions and Investment Policies in India / Kanta Murali -- Do Weberian Bureaucracies Lead to Markets of Vice Versa? : A Coeveolutionary Approach to Development / Yuen Yuen Ang -- Development in the City : Growth and Inclusion in India, Brazil and South Africa / Patrick Heller -- Campaigns of Redistribution : Land Reform and State Building in China and Taiwan, 1950-53 / Julia C. Strauss -- State Capacity and the Construction of Pro-Poor Welfare States in the "Developing" World / Jeremy Seekings -- The Political Foundations of State Effectiveness / Peter Evans, Evelyne Huber, and John F. Stevens -- Conclusion / Miguel Angel Centeno, Atul Kohli, and Deborah J. Yashar 
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520 |a What should states in the developing world do and how should they do it? How have states in the developing world addressed the challenges of promoting development, order, and inclusion? States in the developing world are supposed to build economies, control violence, and include the population. How they do so depends on historical origins and context as well as policy decisions. This volume presents a comprehensive theory of state capacity, what it consists of, and how it may be measured. With historical empirical illustrations it suggests that historical origins and political decisions help drive the capacity of states to meet their goals