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Here it is important to note two distinct aspects of state capacity (Andersen et al. 2014)—coercive capacity (the capacity of the military and the police to ensure public order), which can be used for repression as a solution for the problem of authoritarian control of the population, and administrative capacity (administrative effectiveness), which is crucial for drafting and implementing policies.
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Andersen et al. (2016) for their attempt to make an argument that state capacity stabilizes regimes, both democratic and authoritarian.
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Macikenaite, V. (2020). Conclusion. In: Naito, H., Macikenaite, V. (eds) State Capacity Building in Contemporary China. Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8898-9_7
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