State Building Forces and State Formation Agents: A Rejoinder to Ana Vedovato’s Review of the End of Consensus: New Debates on State Capacity in Latin America

The notion that Luis Schenoni’s Bringing War Back In (BWBI; Schenoni, 2024) and my Latecomer State Formation (LSF; Mazzuca, 2021) are locked in fundamental disagreement is based on a misunderstandi...

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Civil Wars
Published
2026-06-25
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https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2026.2672240
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Politics and Society in Latin America
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State Building Forces and State Formation Agents: A Rejoinder to Ana Vedovato’s Review of the End of Consensus: New Debates on State Capacity in Latin America

Sebastian Mazzuca
Civil Wars
Politics and Society in Latin America
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State Building Forces and State Formation Agents: A Rejoinder to Ana Vedovato’s Review of the End of Consensus: New Debates on State Capacity in Latin America

Sebastian Mazzuca
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Abstract

The notion that Luis Schenoni’s Bringing War Back In (BWBI; Schenoni, 2024) and my Latecomer State Formation (LSF; Mazzuca, 2021) are locked in fundamental disagreement is based on a misunderstandi...

Civil Wars
Johns Hopkins University (US), Tecnológico de Monterrey (MX)
Openalex Percentile: Top 2%
Politics and Society in Latin America
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