What role does war play in political development? Our understanding of the rise of the nation-state is based heavily on the Western European experience of war. Challenging the dominance of this model,
"Excellent analysis of bureaucratic developments and the technocratic revolution within Mexico. Includes assessments of short-term trends in Mexican leadership. Based on extensive field research and a
Blood and Debt looks at the role war plays in political development by examining the differences between wars and their political consequences in Western Europe and Latin America.
Is globalization making our world more equal, or less? Proponents of globalization argue that it is helping and that in a competitive world, no one can afford to discriminate except on the basis of
"A major entry in the study of contemporary social inequality. These essays provide a critical base for establishing what is general about discrimination and what is contextually or culturally depende
If social science's "cultural turn" has taught us anything, it is that knowledge is constrained by the time and place in which it is produced. In response, scholars have begun to rea
Eight contributions from the September 1995 conference in Amsterdam look at the process of technocratic ascendancy in Latin America. The authors explain how the professional experiences of technocrats