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State Building in Boom Times: Commodities and Coalitions in Latin America and Africa
Saylor, Ryan (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Tulsa)
State Building in Boom Times: Commodities and Coalitions in Latin America and Africa
Saylor, Ryan (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Tulsa)
State Building in Boom Times maintains that coalitional politics accounts for why resource booms yield divergent state building. Countries ruled by export-oriented coalitions expand state capacity amid commodity booms. But when exporters are politically marginalized, ruling coalitions prey upon export wealth, to the detriment of state capacity.
256 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 24, 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9780199364954 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 256 |
Dimensions | 242 × 157 × 21 mm · 472 g |