Books by Miguel Angel Centeno

Our understanding of the rise of the nation-state is based heavily on the Western European experience of war. Challenging the dominance of this model, this text looks at Latin America's much different experience as more relevant to politics today in regions as varied as the Balkans and Africa.

An analysis of how Mexico, under the leadership of Carlos Salinas, succeded in avoiding political upheaval while transforming its economy, unlike the USSR under Gorbachev. This text examines the role neoliberal ideology and technocratic vision played in Mexico's economic revival.