Chapter 8

Question 1

eurocentrism

Answer 1

glorifying the values, practices, and historical developmental experience of europe and north america

Question 2

legitimacy

Answer 2

governments require the consent of their populations to rule

Question 3

compradorial

Answer 3

describes ties of developing state to external interests, foreign governments, investors, etc.

Question 4

weberian

Answer 4

view that accepts the rational-puposeful institutionality of a modern state, regardless of its origin

Question 5

state capacity

Answer 5

bureaucratic and technical ability of a state to implement policy decisions, developing states may not be as capable
as their counterparts in the North

Question 6

state autonomy

Answer 6

degree of “insulation” that a sate enjoys from social and external forces in making decisions

Question 7

embedded autonomy

Answer 7

an effective developmental state should have embedded information-sharing networks with foreign and domestic elites but also retain degree of autonomy

Question 8

laissez-faire

Answer 8

“let it go”, allowing individuals to pursue their own interests through market transactions without state interference

Question 9

governance

Answer 9

rules of procedure and regulation designed to maintain order without direct government involvement

Question 10

puplic-private partnerships (ppps)

Answer 10

related to privatization, involving the provision of public services by private companies working together with state agencies through government substracting to private companies

Question 11

clientelism

Answer 11

political actors support the economic interest of particular groups in society in exchange for their loyalty, typically political support