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Which of the following is NOT a measure of state capacity?
Which of the following is NOT a measure of state capacity?
- Legibility-based
- Output-based
- Input-based
- Compliance-based (correct)
What is legibility and why is it important for state capacity?
What is legibility and why is it important for state capacity?
- It refers to the state's ability to extract resources from its citizens and the economy, and is important for identifying potential tax revenue sources
- It refers to the breadth and depth of the state's knowledge about its citizens, and is important for extraction, coordination, and compliance (correct)
- It refers to the acceptance and cooperation of society in following and co-producing the rules and policies of the state, and is important for measuring compliance capacity
- It refers to the state's ability to organize collective action among different actors, and is important for creating a unified market with secure property rights
What is bureaucratic quality and how can it be measured?
What is bureaucratic quality and how can it be measured?
- It refers to the quality of the state's bureaucracy, and can be measured through autonomy, capacity, education, professionalism, and embeddedness (correct)
- It refers to the state's ability to extract resources from its citizens and the economy, and can be measured through GDP per capita and taxation
- It refers to the breadth and depth of the state's knowledge about its citizens, and can be measured through the existence of censuses or cadasters only
- It refers to the state's ability to organize collective action among different actors, and can be measured through bureaucratic quality surveys only
Which of the following best describes extractive capacity?
Which of the following best describes extractive capacity?
What is the key factor for all functions of the state, according to the text?
What is the key factor for all functions of the state, according to the text?
What is legibility, and why is it important for the state?
What is legibility, and why is it important for the state?
Study Notes
A Typology of Criminal Governance Regimes and State Capacity
- There are five types of criminal governance regimes: insurgent, bandit, symbiotic, predatory, and split.
- State capacity can be measured through output-based, input-based, and legibility-based definitions and measures.
- Extractive capacity refers to the state's ability to extract resources from its citizens and the economy.
- Coordination capacity refers to the state's ability to organize collective action among different actors and to create a unified market with secure property rights.
- Compliance capacity refers to the acceptance and cooperation of society in following and co-producing the rules and policies of the state.
- Bureaucratic quality is key for all functions of the state, and its quality can be measured through autonomy, capacity, education, professionalism, and embeddedness.
- Bureaucratic quality can also be assessed through country expert surveys, bureaucrat surveys, administrative data on bureaucrats, and administrative data on bureaucrats' performance.
- Legibility refers to the breadth and depth of the state's knowledge about its citizens and is essential for extraction, coordination, and compliance.
- Empirical measures of legibility include the existence of censuses or cadasters, strength of statistical agencies, and quality of data.
- Legibility enables the state to identify potential tax revenue sources, plan and implement policies effectively, and monitor compliance with regulations and laws.
- State capacity varies among countries, and some states are more capable than others.
- Identifying more capable states can be done through measuring GDP per capita, infant mortality, crime rates, taxation, bureaucratic quality, and military spending.
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Take this quiz to test your knowledge on criminal governance regimes and state capacity! Learn about the five types of criminal governance regimes and the different measures used to assess state capacity, including extractive, coordination, and compliance capacity, as well as bureaucratic quality and legibility. Discover how legibility enables the state to identify potential tax revenue sources, plan and implement policies effectively, and monitor compliance with regulations and laws. See how state capacity varies among countries and identify more capable states through measures such as GDP per capita
