The other mirror : grand theory through the lens of Latin America /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Centeno, Miguel Angel, 1957-, López-Alves, Fernando
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2001]
Subjects:	Social sciences > Latin America > Philosophy. Social sciences > Philosophy. Latin America > Politics and government. Latin America > Economic conditions.

Table of Contents:

Institutions, property, and economic development in Latin America / Jeremy Adelman
Hijos of Dr. Gerschenkron: "latecomer" conceptions in Latin American economic history / Paul Gootenberg
Karl Polanyi and the creation of the "market society" / Steven Topik
From the power of economic ideas to the power of economists / Verónica Montecinos and John Markoff
The transatlantic bridge: mirrors, Charles Tilly, and state formation in the river plate / Fernando López-Alves
The modern Mexican state: theory and practice / Alan Knight
Samuel Huntington and the Latin American state / Jorge I. Domínguez
Class relations and democratization: a reassessment of Barrington Moore's model / J. Samuel Valenzuela
The disciplinary society in Latin America / Miguel Angel Centeno
Michel de Certeau and Latin America / Robert M. Levine
Nationalism as a practical system: Benedict Anderson's theory of nationalism from the vantage point of Spanish America / Claudio Lomnitz.