The State and Underdevelopment in Spanish America: The Political Roots of Dependency in Peru and Argentina

ISBN-13: 9780367311773 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 236 str.

Douglas Friedman

Opis

This book argues that internal political and economic factors led the nations of the region to become dependent and underdeveloped during the nineteenth century. It shows how underdevelopment resulted from a crisis of the state brought about by the loss of legitimacy of Spanish colonial rule.

Spis treści

Westview Replica Editions -- Dependency, Colonialism, and Crisis -- Spanish American Underdevelopment: Dependency Theory, the State, and Class Conflict -- State and Economy in Colonial Spanish America -- The Bourbon Reform Era: The Modern Absolutist State in Colonial Spanish America -- The Crisis of the Colonial State: The Spanish American Wars of Independence -- The State Origins of Dependency in Nineteenth Century Peru and Argentina -- Introduction -- Economic Class Conflict in Peru and Argentina: The Economic Basis of Political Class Conflict -- Political Conflict in Nineteenth Century Peru and Argentina: Political Crisis and the State -- The State and the Origin of the Export Economy: Peru and Argentina -- Conclusion: Spanish America and the International Economy

O autorze

Douglas Friedman is assistant professor of political science at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.