Subnational Resistance and the Geographical Variation of the Nation-State

• In Event: History, Path Dependence and Development (Co-sponsored with Section 66: Politics & History)

Brief Overview

I theorize the geography of state-building in developing countries through four cases that illustrate varying scenarios of political resistance of subnational elites to the expansion of the Mexican state in the early 20th century.

Author

• Manuel Cabal, University of Chicago