PSC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Arms Trafficking, W. M. Keck Observatory, Infant Mortality
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Understanding late state formation late forming states are weakest newer states can"t effectively police their own borders or monopolize the means of violence with their territory and can"t tax and extract revenue well rarely provide adequate government services. The state fragility index measures state effectiveness and legitimacy through 4 dimensions: security, political, economic, and social. Security security effectiveness score: assesses danger of external armed conflict, based on intensity of international warfare and state"s recent past security legitimacy score: measures state repression of own citizens, ranging from none to systematic. How the index works measure of state strength doesn"t assess stability of popularity of government measures likelihood the state itself is coherent or vulnerable to collapse. Coercing involves use of force or threat of force; people must participate unionization coercive (employer only hires union members) most civil society organizations (social movements, interest groups, political parties) don"t compel participation.
