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State Institutional Capacities in a Comparative Perspective: An Experience of Bayesian Aggregation of State Capacity Index
Published 2024-01-01Subjects: “…state capacity…”This article endeavors to construct a composite indicator designed to facilitate the comparative assessment of institutional capacities across diverse political systems. The focal point of analysis resides within the domain of state capacity, a pivotal determinant for a myriad of inquiries that seek...
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Does quantity mean quality? Comparing evidence of bureaucratic capacity and performance between agency groups in Brazil
Published 2025-07-01Subjects: Get full textAbstract This article aims to assess whether the Brazilian government’s preference for enhancing the power and scope of its regulatory agencies compared to its non-regulatory agencies has led to proportional gains in terms of capacity and performance. Regulatory state doctrine espouses the comparati...
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Unproductive Entrepreneurship, Institutional Change, and the Informal Economy: Entrepreneurial Potential in Moldova
Published 2016-06-01Subjects: Get full textEntrepreneurship is often ubiquitous in developing countries, and many entrepreneurs operate in the informal economy and are often involved in unproductive activity. While entrepreneurs seek to maximize their returns given the existing institutions, they also respond to the level of state capacity a...
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Influence of the Institutional Environment on the Processes of International Labor Migration to the Regions of the Russian Federation
Published 2025-01-01Subjects: Get full textIntroduction. The relevance of the research topic is determined by the increasing role of international labor migration in the socio-economic development of Russian regions and the need for effective management of migrant flows. In the conditions of demographic decline and labor shortage, the attrac...
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The Problems of Assessing Validity and Political Potential of Cross-National Comparative Ratings
Published 2020-11-01Subjects: Get full textThe author carries out a correlation analysis of positions of 145 countries in 16 comparative rating studies highly cited in social and political science and calculates the coefficient of their correlation with the positions of the Russian Federation. Additionally, the author compares the scores of...
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Policy instruments for political capacity: lessons from three infrastructure projects in the Brazilian Amazon
Published 2024-03-01“… The ongoing debate over development strategies highlights the importance of infrastructure to boost economic and social growth, but several studies have pointed to state capacity deficits to plan and implement infrastructure projects. …”The ongoing debate over development strategies highlights the importance of infrastructure to boost economic and social growth, but several studies have pointed to state capacity deficits to plan and implement infrastructure projects. This paper aim to investigate the construction of policy instrum...
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A Giant with Feet of Clay? The EU’s Ability to Develop Capabilities for Civilian Crisis Management
Published 2012-12-01“…Another intervening variable affecting the ‘translation’ of EU policy into the domestic context is state capacity. Due to weaknesses in the supply side of CCM and the refracting impact of national security identity and state capacity, I find that Europeanization has had a limited impact on the civilian response capability-building in Poland. …”Civilian crisis management has long been considered the EU’s forte. Recent research however has questioned the EU’s claim to this specialization. I will interrogate how the EU has fared in building civilian capabilities for CSDP through a case study of the impact of the Europeanization of CCM norms...
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Neo-Philanthropy
Published 2011-10-01“…Charitable trusts may offer philanthropic aid for diverse purposes which allegedly supersede the state's capacity for action, such as the promotion of business ethics, the strengthening of community participation, health improvement, poverty-reduction, improvement of education levels, or democratic participation. …”Neo-philanthropy refers to the re-emergence of philanthropic activities and a growing public trust in those who carry them out as ameliorators of societal and social issues. The original term 'philanthropy' designates the donating of money or services for societal purposes or for the benef...
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Right to Health in the International Legal System of Human Rights at the Universal and Regional Levels
Published 2021-07-01“…Goals of the UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 (UN General Assembly resolution 70/1) include such essential aspects of the right to health as ending poverty and hunger in all its forms everywhere; promote food security and healthy lifestyle; the well-being of all individuals at any age; ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all; protection and restoration of water-related ecosystems; enhancement of the States capacity to prevent and reduce national and global health risks. …”INTRODUCTION. The individual's right to health is a set of natural and positive legal frameworks that govern a person’s life activity, individual and family wellbeing, enforcement of health guarantees by the statesparticipants of universal and regional treaties of the field under question. The...
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