United States as a Developing Nation: American History Peculiarities

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Link, Stefan, and Noam Maggor. "The United States as a developing nation: Revisiting the peculiarities of American history." El trimestre económico 87, no. 347 (2020): 791-834.
Thesis: I argue that the US's economic departure has played a major role in influencing other economies worldwide. The US has remained the template for most of the modernization narratives across the world. Therefore, what is currently termed the American developmental state is based on ideologies that have not been proven to be correct.
Sources: The author includes primary and secondary data sources in analyzing his arguments. These sources are utilized in the literature review section of the work. The author emphasizes political ideologies as the guiding factor for the American developmental state. This is especially the case since he believes that developmentalism is a reaction to free-market capitalism's negative political and social effects. The author reveals that the key driving force behind this phenomenon is ensuring that citizens can act democratically and sustain their citizenship rights in society.
Strengths: The book's main strength is the period of the sources used in analyzing and explaining the author's various arguments about the American developmental state. The work is organized well regarding the various themes, thus making it easy for a person to follow the analysis of a particular concept. For example, the analysis of the development of American developmentalism is divided into a single chapter, which makes it easy for the reader to follow how his arguments are org...