"This book is the first systematically comparative and historical analysis of the incorporation of business into politics in Latin America. It examines business organizing and political activity over the past century in five of the largest, most developed countries of the region to construct an explanation for why business ended up better organized in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico than in Argentina and Brazil. The explanation for the surprising cross-national variations lies in neither economic characteristics of business nor broader political parameters, but rather in the cumulative effect of actions of state officials. The book also considers the consequences of these differences in organization and finds that stronger encompassing associations offer government officials opportunities for concerted policy making with business than can enhance policy implementation. The strong hand of the state in organizing business has important implications not only for theories of collective action, but also for our understanding of civil society and its potential to promote democratization."--BOOK JACKET.
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