Historical Roots

2022. “Nineteenth-Century State Formation and Long-Term Economic Performance in Latin America.” In David Collier and Gerardo Munck (eds.). Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies: Insights and Methods for Comparative Social Science. ‎ Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

2021. Mazzuca, Sebastián. Latecomer State Formation: Political Geography and Capacity Failure in Latin America. Yale University Press.

2009. “Political Conflict and Power-sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia” (with James Robinson), Hispanic American Historical Review 89.2: 285–321.

Democracy, Capacity Failure and Populism

2021. “Inclusionary Turn, Rentier Populism, and Emerging Legacies.” In Diana Kapiszewski, Steve Levitsky and Deborah Yashar (eds.). The Inclusionary Turn in Latin America. Cambridge University Press.

2020. A Middle-Quality Institutional Trap with Gerardo Munck. Cambridge University Press.

2012. “Capacidad, Autonomía y Legitimidad. Revisando (de nuevo) los Atributos del Estado Moderno,” Revista de Ciencia Política (UCA Chile), 32.3: 545-560.

2013. “The Rise of Rentier Populism in South America,” Journal of Democracy 24.2: 108-122.