Hispanic American Historical Review 84:2 Copyright 2004 by Duke University Press Centeno supports his case by measuring the ability of a national government to collect taxes, raise troops, and establish effective bureaucracies, as well as to stir nationalist sentiments and disseminate a âcoherent concept of nation.â North Atlantic nations outstripped their Latin American counterparts in their ability to tax, raise troops, and send millions to die ï¬ghting wars. Similarly, he measures the less tangible connections between states, their militaries, and broader civic patriotism by looking at the percentage of streets, currency, postage, and monuments dedicated to military heroes in Latin America in comparative perspective. Despite the militarist stereotypes of the region, Latin America comes up short in this area as well. Even though, as Centeno rightly notes, Latin American militaries remained âsmall and affected the lives of a relatively small percentage of any countryâs populationâ (p. 237), one must remember there were no other national institutional entities that rivaled the militaryâs institutional capacity and reach into the lives of ordinary citizens. Centenoâs study suggests that we need to address the question of institutional ï¬t or the timing and depth of institutional reform in Latin America and elsewhere more
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