class 8

Question 1

define Fukuyama’s differentiation

Answer 1

is the variation in the ability to plan and execute policies and to enforce laws cleanly and transparently

Question 2

how does the state need social control by?

Answer 2

compliance (proper set of rules and regulations), participation (social participation within the state), and legitimation

Question 3

what do weak states suffer from?

Answer 3

• internal conflicts (Ethiopia)
• drug cartels (Mexico)
• warlords (Syria, Afghanistan)
• feeble economies (Central America)
• “dutch disease” (inheritance of former colonial problems)

Question 4

name the three basic models of state-driven development

Answer 4

a) anglo american
b) soviet
c) East-Asian

Question 5

explain the anglo-american model

Answer 5

• market-driven
• securing property rights
• fair and efficient judicial system
• open and understood system of rules and regulations

Question 6

explain the Soviet model

Answer 6

• top-down industrialization
• pervasive state-ownership
• control and management of the economy

Question 7

explain the east-asian model

Answer 7

a close symbiosis between the state and the private sector, also called managed capitalism

Question 8

what are the two political regimes in the LDCs

Answer 8

a) presidential (usually more authoritarian)
b) parliamentarians

Question 9

what are the types of regimes including authoritarism

Answer 9

dominant party, personalistic regime, monarchy, theocracy, totalitarian