This book argues that commodity booms and coalitional politics are central to understanding the state building variation within and across latin america and africa it shows how resource booms can trigger the provision of new public goods and institutional strengthening and thus help countries expand their state capacity. State building in boom times commodities and coalitions in latin america and africa winners of commodity booms in argentina and chile there were several com peting groups of exporters that benefited from the export boom in the latter cases with the purpose of containing local elite rivalry the central state created. State building in boom times commodities and coalitions in latin america and africa by ryan saylor new york oxford university press 256p 5300 volume 14 issue 2 gustavo a flores macias. Download citation state building in boom times commodities and coalitions in latin america and africa resenha do livro state building in boom times commodities and coalitions in latin . State building in boom times argues that commodity booms and coalitional politics are central to understanding the state building variation within and across latin america and africa it shows how resource booms can trigger the provision of new public goods and institutional strengthening and thus help countries expand their state capacity