The Security Factor in the Political Economy of Development:

A country's judiciary, police, and security forces are essential to protect the State from external aggression. By virtue of the State's monopoly of coercion, they maintain a stable legal framework and the safety of persons and property. All these activities enhance a society's produc...

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1. Verfasser: McGuire, Martin C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C International Monetary Fund 1998
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers Working Paper No. 98/33
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Zusammenfassung:A country's judiciary, police, and security forces are essential to protect the State from external aggression. By virtue of the State's monopoly of coercion, they maintain a stable legal framework and the safety of persons and property. All these activities enhance a society's productivity, but they also sustain the particular political regime-and its redistributive ethic-in power. They absorb resources, but they also waste them, since security forces tend to be rent-seekers. This paper analyzes both the productive and the unproductive side of security provision and shows that the balance depends on the nature of the political regime
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (41 p)
ISBN:145197938X
9781451979381

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