Politician's Dilemma: Building State Capacity in Latin America (California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy, No.25)
"An ambitious attempt to apply collective action and rational chocie arguemtns to efforts at reforming the state in Latin America. In particular, [Geddes] is concerned with explaining why state reform takes place under some circumstances and is thwarted under others, . . . This is an important and intelligent book on a timely subject. It is among the best rationale choice works on Latin American politics."--"American Political Science Review