Political Order And Political Decay:: From The I...

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.

An example of how war forced the development of a professional, autonomous bureaucracy. Political Order and Political Decay: From the I...

A centralized authority with the "executive capability" to exercise power and provide services effectively. Fukuyama posits that the order in which these

Fukuyama argues that a successful modern state requires a delicate balance of three specific institutions: countries that developed a strong