independenceto our nation state. All of these, taking into account the incoherencebetween doctrinal speech and social realities in …

In liberal thought, democracy is guaranteed by the unity of community and government. The community of citizens elects … its government according to political preferences. The government rules over the community with powers that are limited by …, and contemporary Neo-Liberal theories. However, the assumed unity of community and government becomes problematic in …

We expect effective state institutions to matter in a country's ability to respond to crises. Yet notably in the first … relationships in the cross-country data, drawing on measures of the state, COVID's health impact, and pandemic policy response. In … between state effectiveness and pandemic health outcomes does in fact pertain. Our findings also offer insight into how …

possible to fully observe the state of the reality, or to be fully aware about it. A full policy graph that forecasts the …