...Kyle Chan How does state structure affect state capacity? The long-standing debate over centralization versus decentralization overlooks the broader organizational complexity of states and state bureaucracies. To address this problem, this article proposes an alternative typology of state...

..., and, in so doing, improved relations with China. © 2017 by The Regents of the University of California 2017 state capacity women in politics informal blockade inflation public service provision SUSAN OSTERMANN Nepal in 2016 Nepali Women Rise above a Sea of Instability ABSTRACT Despite general...

... assemblies showed the worst performance, which suggests a link between political fragmentation and institutional performance. © 2015 by the Regents of the University of California 2015 India democracy legislatures accountability state capacity FRANCESCA REFSUM JENSENIUS AND PAVITHRA...

.... The findings call attention to the informal, everyday practices that generate state capacity. © 2015 by the Regents of the University of California 2015 India state capacity norms policy implementation education AKSHAY MANGLA Bureaucratic Norms and State Capacity in India Implementing Primary...