Historical Foundations of Political Development in the Global South Mini-Conference: Public Goods Provision in Heterogeneous Societies

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Part of Mini-Conference

• Historical Foundations of Political Development in the Global South Mini-Conference

Session Description

The final panel examines public goods provision in heterogeneous societies. Franco Vivanco and Thiha Zaw analyze why education was provided to some Indigenous communities during the colonial period but not to others. Sánchez-Talanquer examines the post-independence provision of education in Mexico, demonstrating the legacies of counterrevolutionary mobilization against linguistic standardization and suppression of Catholicism through schools. Garcia-Montoya, Güiza-Gómez, and Montoya demonstrate that vertical integration and economic activity can explain why some Colombian elites resisted a land restitution program. Singh analyzes how colonial-era ideologies in India have shaped state developmental interventions, especially those involving societal compliance.

Sub Unit

• Division 6: Political Economy

Cosponsor

• Division 44: Democracy and Autocracy

Individual Presentations

• Extirpating Fanaticism and Civilizing the Savage - Mariano Sanchez-Talanquer, El Colegio de México

• The Origins and Consequences of Indigenous Education in Mexico - Edgar Franco Vivanco, University of Michigan; Htet Thiha Zaw, University of British Columbia

• Colonial Ideologies and Postcolonial Development - Prerna Singh, Brown University

• Building Bureaucratic Capacity: The Political Origins of Civil Service Reforms - Julieta Casas, Stanford University

Chair

• Maria Victoria Murillo Columbia University

Discussants

• Elena Barham Columbia University

• Christopher Lee Carter University of Virginia