The Footprint of the State: Explaining Subnational Statebuilding in the Modern World

• In Event: Political Control, Fragmentation, and Challenges to State Authority

Brief Overview

Using global spatial data on government buildings, this paper maps the state’s physical footprint to explain why some regions receive more governance investment than others, offering new insights into subnational statebuilding worldwide.

Author

• Andres Uribe, University of Wisconsin–Madison