https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s by Emma Beaumont-Smith and Natalie Raum en-us 2021-01-14 03:18:29 UTC 2024-11-21 21:32:01 UTC hello@padlet.com nataliekraum https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085660054

Uneven presence of central power is a product of state-building, and it is not necessarily representative of state failure 

Uneven presence of central power can be strategic

Networks and connections linking the central government to subnational and periphery actors are important for state building and state power

Shifting core-periphery power dynamics when a state is weakened

Tyrants and warlords can lead effectively in order to achieve financial gain

]]> 2021-01-14 03:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085660054 nataliekraum https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085660982 Themes: 

• Explanations for uneven state presence

1. Geographic, economic, and demographic determinism perspective
2. Historical-sociological perspective
3. Political perspective focusing on bargaining between state and non-state actors

• Neoliberal economic policies leading to new territorial politics

Terms:

• Brown areas
• Blue areas

]]> 2021-01-14 03:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085660982 nataliekraum https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085661702 Themes:

• Relational nature of state capacity 
• Important links between state infrastructural power, subnational variation and territorial politics, and the state’s ability to regulate and control citizens

Terms:

• State strength
• Mann’s “Infrastructural power of the state” 

]]> 2021-01-14 03:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085661702 nataliekraum https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085662833 Themes:

•  Interests of autocrats lead them to provide public goods and protection in dictatorships
  • Democracies encounter this problem less + protect individual and property rights
• The conditions necessary for a lasting democracy are the same conditions necessary for the security of property and contract rights that generates economic growth
• Competitive theft by "roving bandits" destroys the incentive to invest and produce, leaving little for either the population or the bandits. Thus, “Stationary bandits” are born.

Terms:

• Roving Bandit
• Stationary Bandit
• Encompassing interest
• Revenue Maximization

]]> 2021-01-14 03:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085662833 nataliekraum https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085663830 Themes:

• State-building in Afghanistan since 2001
• Afghani warlords can, under certain conditions, become effective governors on behalf of the state
• Provincial governance and key negotiations between state actors and others (the central state, other states like the US, etc.)

Terms:

• Strongman governance
• State-building

]]> 2021-01-14 03:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085663830 nataliekraum https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085665441 Article: No nation-building in Afghanistan? Easier said than done, experts say]]> 2021-01-14 03:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085665441 nataliekraum https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085667309

Is state building always an uneven process?

How can unevenness be advantageous?

What factors lead to a strong state vs. a fragile state?

When and where are “brown areas” more likely to occur? 

How do neoliberal economics rearrange core-periphery relationships? Do these changes challenge or strategically help central governments?

Is factionalization common in all large states?

Are there parallels between dictatorships and democracy?

How do relationships change in dictatorships and democracies? Why is this important for state power/control?

]]> 2021-01-14 03:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085667309 nataliekraum https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085693033 2021-01-14 03:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085693033 nataliekraum https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085815253 2021-01-14 05:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nataliekraum/eobar6fxmu9m720s/wish/1085815253