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Colonialism and Postcolonial Development：Spanish America in Comparative Perspective

内容简介

Inthiscomparative-historicalanalysisofSpanishAmerica,Mahoneyoffersanewtheoryofcolonialismandpostcolonialdevelopment.Heexploreswhycertainkindsofsocietiesaresubjecttocertainkindsofcolonialismandwhytheseformsofcolonialismgiverisetocountrieswithdifferinglevelsofeconomicprosperityandsocialwell-being.Mahoneycontendsthatdifferencesintheextentofcolonialismarebestexplainedbythepotentiallyevolvingfitbetweentheinstitutionsofthecolonizingnationandthoseofthecolonizedsociety.Moreover,heshowshowinstitutionsforgedundercolonialismbringcountriestorelativelevelsofdevelopmentthatmayproveremarkablyenduringinthepostcolonialperiod.Theargumentissuretostirdiscussionanddebate,bothamongexpertsonSpanishAmericawhobelievethatdevelopmentisnottightlyboundbythecolonialpast,andamongscholarsofcolonialismwhosuggestthattheinstitutionalidentityofthecolonizingnationisoflittleconsequence.

作者简介

JamesMahoneyisaprofessorofpoliticalscienceandsociologyatNorthwesternUniversity.HeistheauthorofTheLegaciesofLiberalism:PathDependenceandPoliticalRegimesinCentralAmerica(2001),whichreceivedtheBarringtonMooreJr.PrizeoftheComparativeandHistoricalSectionoftheAmericanSociologicalAssociation.HeisalsocoeditorofComparativeHistoricalAnalysisintheSocialSciences(CambridgeUniversityPress,2003),whichreceivedtheGiovanniSartoriBookAwardoftheQualitativeMethodsSectionoftheAmericanPoliticalScienceAssociationandcoeditor(withKathleenThelen)ofExplainingInstitutionalChange:Ambiguity,Agency,andPower(CambridgeUniversityPress,2010).

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