Politician's Dilemma: Building State Capacity in Latin America Volume 25

by Barbara Geddes

Book Overview

In Latin America as elsewhere, politicians routinely face a painful dilemma: whether to use state resources for national purposes, especially those that foster economic development, or to channel resources to people and projects that will help insure political survival and reelection. While politicians may believe that a competent state bureaucracy is intrinsic to the national good, political realities invariably tempt leaders to reward powerful clients...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520207629
• ISBN13: 9780520207622
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"