The Framing of Political Decision-Making in the Post-Colonial State-Building Process: Argentina and Mexico in the First Half of the 19th Century (B14 [B07])

• Subject Area: Modern and Contemporary History
• Term: from 2015 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 252080619

This project compares the framing of political decision-making in Argentina and Mexico around the middle of the 19th century when the political order of both countries began to stabilise. A comparison is able to illustrate the path dependency of developments in the nation-state. The focus will be on state actors (militias, the army) and the attempts to incorporate them into the political process. The project will study the discourse about these actors as well as their participation in conflictual processes of decision making between the provinces and the nation-state.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1150: Cultures of Decision-Making
• Applicant Institution: Universität Münster
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Silke Hensel