Revolutionary dynamics and early state capacities in Mexico, 1910-1930

Luz Marina Arias and Luis De la Calle

No wp-2025-78, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: How do new leaders rebuild the state after a civil war in which the central government disintegrates and the army is defeated? The end of the Porfirian regime and dissolution of the army in 1914 during the Mexican revolution gave way to armed conflict between three factions: Constitucionalista, Villista, and Zapatista. We argue that the territorial strategies implemented during the armed conflict between factions—the civil war dynamics—lay the groundwork for later state-building.

Keywords: Statebuilding; Civil conflict; State capacity; Mexico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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