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Patronage, Trust, and State Capacity [PDF]

open access: yesWorld Politics, 2017
What explains different levels of clientelism across countries? Why do some politicians deliver clientelistic goods to their electoral constituencies, and why do some voters demand them? This article focuses on the historical origins of trust in states and shows that they have a lasting impact on contemporary patterns of patronage.
Bustikova, Lenka   +1 more
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Performance of subnational governments in the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of the public and private health services in Brazil

open access: yesBAR: Brazilian Administration Review, 2022
This article analyzes the differences between public and private health services regarding infrastructure and human resources at the state (subnational) and macro-regional levels in Brazil.
Marco Antonio Catussi Paschoalotto   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Annual state debt report : an overview and summary of debt outstanding, limitations and constraints as of June 30, 2021 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The South Carolina Office of the State Treasurer annually publishes reports on the annual state debt and local government debt. The state debt report provides an overview and summary of the state debt limitations, constraints, and ...
South Carolina Office of the State Treasurer
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La construction d’un parc industriel dans l’arrière-pays rural d’Haïti. Quelques observations sur le partenariat État-société et les capacités de l’État

open access: yesCahiers des Amériques Latines, 2014
This is a case study of a particular development project, the Caracol industrial park in Northern Haiti. Based on fieldwork undertaken there, it examines how the many pieces of the puzzle that it took to put it together were assembled.
Yasmine Shamsie
doaj   +1 more source

Institutional Capacities, Partisan Divisions, and Federal Tensions in U.S. Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic struck during a period of extreme polarization in American politics. Unsurprisingly, responses to it quickly became politicized despite increasingly clear findings from scientific and public health communities about the most ...
Sarah James   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The politics of grand strategy in an emerging state: a case study on Philippine diplomacy toward China

open access: yesJournal of Contemporary East Asia Studies, 2022
Some observers expected a drastic change in the Philippines’ diplomacy toward China when Rodrigo Duterte said goodbye to the United States in 2016. However, after six years, the Philippines has remained an allied partner of the United States.
Yusuke Takagi
doaj   +1 more source

Annual state debt report : an overview and summary of debt outstanding, limitations and constraints as of June 30, 2022 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The South Carolina Office of the State Treasurer annually publishes reports on the annual state debt and local government debt. The state debt report provides an overview and summary of the state debt limitations, constraints, and ...
South Carolina Office of the State Treasurer
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State Capacity

open access: yes
Abstract This chapter focuses on state capacity and its impact on India’s status quest. While India already has made many advancements since its independence in 1947, the goalpost of India and its status markers have changed since the early days of independence.
Dan Honig, Adnan Khan, Joana Naritomi
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The Political Economy of the Middle-Income Trap: Implications for Potential Growth [PDF]

open access: yesAsian Development Review, 2016
Why do some middle-income economies implement policies to achieve sustainable growth driven by innovation, while others fail to do so? In this paper, I propose a politico-economic explanation: innovation leads to the creative destruction of existing ...
Yikai Wang
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of State Capacity on Democratic Transition and the Survival of New Democracies

open access: yes, 2012
This dissertation investigates the effect of state capacity on the probability for democratic transition and the survival of democracies. I seek to answer these quesitons through the use of both quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Kuthy, Daniel W
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