Democracy and the Quality of the State

Issue Date October 2013
Volume 24
Issue 4
Page Numbers 5-16
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What is the relationship between high-quality state administration and democracy? A look back at modern Greece and Italy, along with Germany and the United States, provides some insights.

About the Author

Francis Fukuyama is Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. 

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