Books by Alex Roberto Hybel

This book's leading goal is to explain why some states in the Americas have been markedly more effective than others at forming stable democratic regimes. The study identifies the critical challenges each state encountered at different stages of its state-creation and regime- formation processes, from the colonial period to the present.

This book strives to answer two interrelated questions: Why have certain states in the Americas been more successful than others at creating stable democratic regimes? To answer both questions, the author focuses on four states - the United States, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

Since the Roman Empire, leaders have used ideology to organize the masses and instil amongst them a common consciousness, and equally to conquer, assimilate, or repel alternative ideologies. This book explores the multiple effects that competing ideologies have had on the world system for the past 1,700 years.