Several prominent recent works in comparative politics explore the relationship between democracy and economic inequality, centring on the expectation by economic elites that democratisation will lead to the redistribution of elite wealth. But, in practice, state extractive capacity is necessary...

Este trabajo ofrece un estudio comparativo y de largo plazo de la hacienda pública boliviana mediante una base de datos desagregada. En primer lugar, muestra que los ingresos y gastos públicos fueron bajos y volátiles hasta los 1980s. En segundo lugar, demuestra que mientras la importancia...

This article evaluates the relative strengths and weaknesses of fuzzy-set analysis and regression analysis for explaining the “great reversal†in Spanish America. From 1750 to 1900, the most marginal colonial territories often became the region’s wealthiest countries, whereas...

This paper takes stock of recent advancements in the literature on state capacity and connects them to the study of inclusive development. Specifically, four particular lines of argument are presented. First, state capacity is best approached as a multi-dimensional concept that can usefully be...

This introductory essay situates the subsequent special issue within a comparative framework that helps to unpack the new global politics of development. It argues that there is a set of countries beyond Brazil, Russia, India and China – often described as ‘the BRICs’ – that are emerging...

Much attention has been focused on the BICs (that is, Brazil, India and China) and how they are changing global politics and economics. However, there is also a further tier of emerging, or new, middle powers ‘beyond the BICs’ that are playing a more prominent role in regional and global...

This article explores the nexus between indigenous mobilisation, citizenship, and poverty in Argentina. A subnational comparison of land struggles among the Diaguita Calchaqui in Tucuman and the Mbya Guarani in Misiones shows that changing global and national opportunity structures, most...