Analyzes the historical origins of state and provides a new perspective on the relationship between state capacity and economic development.

Explores the colliding trends of internal migration and nativism in developing countries.

When do reforms provoke rather than prevent rebellion? This short work, written for political scientists, economists, historians, and sociologists, develops a theory of reform and rebellion. It explores that theory in the context of nineteenth-century Russia, the late Ottoman Empire, ancient Rome, the French Revolution, and contemporary Latin America.