Heterarchies and Developmental Traps

László Bruszt

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

State capacity to resist powerful predatory economic groups is highly dependent on the way social diversity is represented within the polity. Such state capacity is weak when a single branch of government can usurp the representation of public good between two elections. ln some democracies that I call heterarchies, coalition partners, parties in different houses of the legislature, different levels and branches of government, autonomous state agencies compel executives to take into account diverse modes of representation while making their programs and policies. Such constraints on executive authority allow the state to rise above the direct distribution of powers and interests within the economy. ln the paper I use the Russian case to analyze the relationship between state weakness and the related problems of economic development.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationKontingenz und Krise - Institutionenpolitik in kapitalistischen und postsozialistischen Gesellschaften - Claus Offe zu seinem 60. Geburstag.
EditorsK Hinrichs, H Kitschelt, H Wiesenthal
Place of PublicationNew York, New York
PublisherCampus Verlag
Pages119-141
Number of pages23
StatePublished - 2000

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