Before revision: Taking the work on Europe by Tilly as a reference, and Tilly's thesis that wars made states, sociologist Miguel A. Centeno argues that Latin American states were from the outset comparatively weak vis-à-visEuropean states due to type of war - internal wars - that prevailed in Latin America.Miguel A. Centeno, Blood and Debt: War and the Nation-State in Latin America.
After revision: Latin AmericaTaking the work on Europe by Tilly as a reference, and Tilly's thesis that wars made states, sociologist Miguel A. Centeno argues that Latin American states were from the outset comparatively weak vis-à-visEuropean states due to type of war - internal wars - that prevailed in Latin America.Miguel A. Centeno, Blood and Debt: War and the Nation-State in Latin America.