Date:
Location:
"The Geography of State Power: Political Antagonism and Partisan Statebuilding in Colombia and Mexico"
Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)
Speaker:
Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer, Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies (Fall 2021). Assistant Professor, Center for International Studies, El Colegio de México (COLMEX), Mexico City, Mexico.
Discussant:
Sebastian Mazzuca, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, John Hopkins University.
Moderator:
Frances Hagopian, Faculty Associate. Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Contact:
Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu
This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.
Remote Access Information:
To join by computer:
https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p10Ve6nDRL6wVTCQ8l8l0w
Please note: This event requires registration in advance in order to receive the meeting link and password.
Abstract:
Why do states develop more effective authority in some parts of their territory and domains of governance than in others? The Geography of State Power attributes contemporary variation in the state’s ability in Mexico and Colombia to perform such core functions as taxation, coercion, and public service provision within its borders to the historical lines of political conflict – religious in Mexico and partisan in Colombia – between state-building coalitions and their rivals during formative periods of state-making. This study helps to explain spatial inequalities, the emergence of vigilantism, and the political roots of institutional weakness.
