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State capture and development: a conceptual framework
This article argues that the concept of state capture helps to structure our understanding of patterns of grand corruption seen around the world in varied contexts, and increasingly even in countries once regarded as secure democracies. This article seeks to lay the groundwork for future empirical r...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10034251/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37363285 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41268-023-00290-6 |
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description | This article argues that the concept of state capture helps to structure our understanding of patterns of grand corruption seen around the world in varied contexts, and increasingly even in countries once regarded as secure democracies. This article seeks to lay the groundwork for future empirical research into state capture in three areas. First, it situates the concept within a wider literature on corruption and describes how it relates to other similar terms, including regulatory capture and kleptocracy. Second, it elaborates on three pillars of activity that are subject to capture, and a variety of mechanisms through which state capture occurs. This provides a structure for the gathering of evidence on how capture plays out in different cases, and raises questions about the interactions among mechanisms and variation in sequencing. Third, the paper considers the impact of state capture on economic and social development, by outlining the ways in which it skews the distribution of power and potential long-term consequences for the allocation of rights and resources. |
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spelling | pubmed-100342512023-03-23 State capture and development: a conceptual framework Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth J Int Relat Dev (Ljubl) Original Article This article argues that the concept of state capture helps to structure our understanding of patterns of grand corruption seen around the world in varied contexts, and increasingly even in countries once regarded as secure democracies. This article seeks to lay the groundwork for future empirical research into state capture in three areas. First, it situates the concept within a wider literature on corruption and describes how it relates to other similar terms, including regulatory capture and kleptocracy. Second, it elaborates on three pillars of activity that are subject to capture, and a variety of mechanisms through which state capture occurs. This provides a structure for the gathering of evidence on how capture plays out in different cases, and raises questions about the interactions among mechanisms and variation in sequencing. Third, the paper considers the impact of state capture on economic and social development, by outlining the ways in which it skews the distribution of power and potential long-term consequences for the allocation of rights and resources. Palgrave Macmillan UK 2023-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10034251/ /pubmed/37363285 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41268-023-00290-6 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Dávid-Barrett, Elizabeth State capture and development: a conceptual framework |
title | State capture and development: a conceptual framework |
title_full | State capture and development: a conceptual framework |
title_fullStr | State capture and development: a conceptual framework |
title_full_unstemmed | State capture and development: a conceptual framework |
title_short | State capture and development: a conceptual framework |
title_sort | state capture and development: a conceptual framework |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10034251/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37363285 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41268-023-00290-6 |
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