Spontaneity and securitisation: (Re)conceptualising ‘state capture’

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Hashimoto
Keyword(s):  
State Capture

Romanian recovery plan renews state capacity doubts

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
State Capacity ◽  
Power Struggles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Recovery Plan ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
State Capture

Significance The plan includes ambitious reforms and investment projects, but the Commission’s critical first reactions highlight questions around the feasibility of some of these reforms and the state’s capacity to implement them. The Commission will approve or reject the plan by September 30. Impacts Power struggles within the National Liberals, the senior coalition party, could weaken government ability to implement planned reforms. Success is important for the junior coalition party coordinating the plan, USR-PLUS, whose appeal relies on its expertise and competence. In several eastern EU states, the RRF could further entrench state capture and clientelistic networks.

scholarly journals Partial state capture by a single oligarchic group: The Gorilla Case in Slovakia

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrej Školkay
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Political Sciences ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
State Capture ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Partial State ◽  
Academic Discourses

The article discusses the Gorilla case, an officially still-contested partial state capture by a single local oligarchic group, in line with the (partial) Elite Cartels corruption pattern in Slovakia. Due to the manner in which evidence, although considered unofficial, was made available, this case illustrates secret political and business processes during partial state capture. The initial absence of the case in public, political, and academic discourses, suggests that state capture can be present and operate undetected for a long time. This study also shows that in-depth analysis of the Gorilla case was avoided by both domestic and international political scientists, despite its paramount practical and theoretical importance. This, in turn, reflects a methodological capture of political science. Consequently, this article disentangles the complexities of the Gorilla case and lays down the foundation for further studies. Specifically, it highlights the need for more careful research, terminological precision in both theory-building and empirical findings on state and media capture based on case studies, as well as re-assessment of the methodology of political sciences used in these research areas.

Model comparison and assessment for multi-state capture–recapture–recovery models

2010 ◽  
Vol 152 (S2) ◽  
pp. 293-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel S. McCrea ◽  
Byron J. T. Morgan ◽  
Thomas Bregnballe
Keyword(s):  
Model Comparison ◽  
State Capture ◽  
Capture Recapture ◽  
Recovery Models

scholarly journals State Capture: From Yeltsin to Putin

2009 ◽  
pp. 24-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeny Yakovlev ◽  
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Keyword(s):  
State Capture

The Impact of covid-19 Measures on the Rule of Law in the Western Balkans and the Increase of Authoritarianism

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Andi Hoxhaj ◽  
Fabian Zhilla
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Checks And Balances ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
State Capture ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Abstract This article offers a comparative analysis of the covid-19 legal measures and model of governance adopted in the Western Balkans countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo) and its impact on the state of the rule of law, and ability of parliament and civil society to scrutinise government decisions. The article assesses the governments’ approaches to introducing and enforcing covid-19 legal measures, and shows examples of how covid-19 has exposed more openly the weaknesses in the existing system of checks and balances in the Western Balkans. The article offers new insights into how covid-19 presented a new opportunity for leaders in the Western Balkans to implement further their authoritarian model of governance in undermining the rule of law. This article offers suggestions on how the EU could respond, through its accession conditionality instruments and civil society, to redirect this trend towards more state capture.

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