Dr. Christopher Wylde is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at St Mary’s University, London. He is the author of many scholarly articles on Argentinean (international) political economy as well as two research monographs: Latin America after Neoliberalism and Emerging Markets and the State. The latter was shortlisted for the BISA Annual Book Prize. Christopher’s work seeks to understand the contemporary form of states in the context of rapid catch-up industrialisation and how state capacities and autonomies interact to generate different kinds of developmental outcomes.