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State Capture in a Federation [PDF]
The paper provides evidence that the welfare effect of decentralization in countries with weak democratic institutions depends on the multi-jurisdictional vs. single-jurisdictional span of interest group lobbies. Weak democracy leads to capture of local authorities.
Evgeny Yakovlev, Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
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The evolution of business – state interaction in Russia: From state capture to business capture?
Europe-Asia Studies, 2006Abstract This article discusses two basic strategies of Russian companies—isolation from, and close cooperation with the state. The author analyses several ways in which companies realise these strategies, drawing analogies with the ‘exit’ and ‘voice’ strategies suggested by A. Hirschman.
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Captured states and/or captured societies in the Western Balkans
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 2023Predrag Cvetičanin +2 more
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State capture has proved to be an obstacle to the transition to democracy. Moldova, as a weak state, is subject to the interests of oligarchic networks, who have brought the state apparatus under their direct influence. The underlying dynamics of state capture evolved in 2009 with the election of a coalition of pro-European parties. The elites used the
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The literature on state capture is growing and encompasses more countries and contexts. This paper argues that it is time to consider varieties of capture that have different trajectories and outcomes. Two factors, the level of democracy and the strength of institutions, are proposed as starting points for thinking about varieties of capture.
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Abstract This chapter begins to articulate the core ideal defended in the book: democracy as resisting state capture. This ideal conceives democracy as a set of practices that help to promote the public interest by protecting public power from capture at the hands of any group. The aim of this chapter is to elaborate the core concept of “
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