A strong state that lacks the rule of law and democratic accountability.
Fukuyama posits that the order in which these institutions develop matters immensely. For instance, countries that developed a strong, professional bureaucracy before democratization (like Prussia/Germany) often have more effective governance than those where democracy arrived before a competent state was built. Political Order and Political Decay: From the I...
A once-strong state now suffering from "decay" through legal gridlock and interest group capture. A strong state that lacks the rule of