"This is a highly significant and innovative attempt to apply arguments derived from theories of the state and theories of corporatism to the comparative analysis of authoritarian rule in Latin America. It is the first major book-length statement I know that presents a theoretically oriented, genuinely comparative analysis of the performance of authoritarian regimes in Latin America, and it is excellent."—David Collier, Indiana University

• *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables and Figures, pg. viii*Preface, pg. xi*ONE. Liberal-Pluralist, Classic Marxist, and "Organic-Statist" Approaches to the State, pg. 3*TWO. "Corporatism" and the State, pg. 46*THREE. The Installation of Corporatist Regimes: Analytic Framework and Comparative Analysis, pg. 73*FOUR. Evolution of the Peruvian Army as the Strategic State Elite: Context and Content, pg. 117*FIVE. Organizing the Weakly Organized: The State and Urban Squatters, pg. 158*SIX. Reorganizing the Organized: Statism versus "Participatory" Self-Management in the Sugar Cooperatives, pg. 190*SEVEN. The State and Foreign Capital, pg. 230*EIGHT. The Institutionalization of Organic-Statist Regimes, pg. 290*Selected Bibliography, pg. 317*Index, pg. 339

"This is a highly significant and innovative attempt to apply arguments derived from theories of the state and theories of corporatism to the comparative analysis of authoritarian rule in Latin America. It is the first major book-length statement I know that presents a theoretically oriented, genuinely comparative analysis of the performance of authoritarian regimes in Latin America, and it is excellent."—David Collier, Indiana University

• *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables and Figures, pg. viii*Preface, pg. xi*ONE. Liberal-Pluralist, Classic Marxist, and "Organic-Statist" Approaches to the State, pg. 3*TWO. "Corporatism" and the State, pg. 46*THREE. The Installation of Corporatist Regimes: Analytic Framework and Comparative Analysis, pg. 73*FOUR. Evolution of the Peruvian Army as the Strategic State Elite: Context and Content, pg. 117*FIVE. Organizing the Weakly Organized: The State and Urban Squatters, pg. 158*SIX. Reorganizing the Organized: Statism versus "Participatory" Self-Management in the Sugar Cooperatives, pg. 190*SEVEN. The State and Foreign Capital, pg. 230*EIGHT. The Institutionalization of Organic-Statist Regimes, pg. 290*Selected Bibliography, pg. 317*Index, pg. 339

"This is a highly significant and innovative attempt to apply arguments derived from theories of the state and theories of corporatism to the comparative analysis of authoritarian rule in Latin America. It is the first major book-length statement I know that presents a theoretically oriented, genuinely comparative analysis of the performance of authoritarian regimes in Latin America, and it is excellent."—David Collier, Indiana University

• *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables and Figures, pg. viii*Preface, pg. xi*ONE. Liberal-Pluralist, Classic Marxist, and "Organic-Statist" Approaches to the State, pg. 3*TWO. "Corporatism" and the State, pg. 46*THREE. The Installation of Corporatist Regimes: Analytic Framework and Comparative Analysis, pg. 73*FOUR. Evolution of the Peruvian Army as the Strategic State Elite: Context and Content, pg. 117*FIVE. Organizing the Weakly Organized: The State and Urban Squatters, pg. 158*SIX. Reorganizing the Organized: Statism versus "Participatory" Self-Management in the Sugar Cooperatives, pg. 190*SEVEN. The State and Foreign Capital, pg. 230*EIGHT. The Institutionalization of Organic-Statist Regimes, pg. 290*Selected Bibliography, pg. 317*Index, pg. 339