States in the Developing World

Cambridge University Press, 2/27/2017
EAN 9781107158498, ISBN10: 1107158494

Hardcover, 492 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
Language: English

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.

1. Unpacking states in the developing world
capacity, performance, and politics Miguel A. Centeno, Atul Kohli and Deborah J. Yashar
Part I. Order and Reach
2. The nationalist origins of political order in India and Pakistan Maya Tudor
3. Violence, fragmented sovereignty, and declining state capacity
rethinking the legacies of developmental statism in Mexico Diane Davis
4. Unpacking the state's uneven territorial reach
evidence from Latin America Agustina Giraudy and Juan Pablo Luna
5. Dictatorship and the state
a comparison of state building and state plunder in South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand Erik Martinez Kuhonta
Part II. Economic Development
6. Bureaucratic capacity and political autonomy within national states
mapping the archipelago of excellence in Brazil Katherine Bersch, Sérgio Praça and Matthew M. Taylor
7. State capacity, history, structure, and political contestation in Africa Thandika Mkandawire
8. The origins of state capacity in Southern Africa's mining economies
elites and institution building in Botswana, Zambia, and South Africa Antoinette Handley
9. Economic liberalization, electoral coalitions and investment policies in India Kanta Murali
10. Do Weberian bureaucracies lead to markets of vice versa? A coeveolutionary approach to development Yuen Yuen Ang
Part III. Inclusion and Equity
11. Development in the city
growth and inclusion in India, Brazil and South Africa Patrick Heller
12. Campaigns of redistribution
land reform and state building in China and Taiwan, 1950–3 Julia C. Strauss
13. State capacity and the construction of pro-poor welfare states in the 'developing' world Jeremy Seekings
14. The political foundations of state effectiveness Peter Evans, Evelyne Huber and John F. Stevens
15. Conclusion Miguel A. Centeno, Atul Kohli and Deborah J. Yashar.