Avoiding the political dangers created when the state is replaced by a government
States are independent territories in which governance is implemented by government agents, because states are complex systems that cannot spontaneously self-govern. However, governments sometimes forget that they are only agents of the state, and attempt to obtain a monopoly on power by controlling...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Crime, law and social change
Year: 2020, Volume: 74, Issue: 2, Pages: 193-200 |
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| Summary: | States are independent territories in which governance is implemented by government agents, because states are complex systems that cannot spontaneously self-govern. However, governments sometimes forget that they are only agents of the state, and attempt to obtain a monopoly on power by controlling elected officials and the operation of the state. History has shown that this approach leads to errors in political development because government agents do not always act in the best interests of the state and its people. Centralized authority is often accompanied by the abuse of power, corruption, poverty, and a loss of human rights. To help countries avoid repeating these tragedies, this paper has proposed a model of institutional evolution in which state institutions can evolve to support peaceful socioeconomic development that benefits both the poor and the wealthy by avoiding institutional lock in. Statesmen must account for the lessons described in this paper to better understand and account for the difference between the state and its government. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 199-200 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0751 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10611-020-09890-6 |
