Quando o Brasil era moderno: o Estado antes da crise do Estado by Adriano Codato

“…This article proposes and develops an analytical scheme based on historical neo-institutionalism to explain the genesis of State capacities through exclusively political variables. …”
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Building capacities for oriented innovation: Argentina’s response to COVID-19 from a gender perspective by Leila Mucarsel, Ana Clara Barile, Meera Bhat

“…Through a theoretical framework that articulates the literature on “dynamic public sector capacities” and “state capacities” in Latin America – and the application of a qualitative methodology (case study), we find that state capacities were strengthened by reconfiguring pre-existing resources based on a government project, collective leadership, and a series of institutional and political innovations in the context of the rise of regional feminisms. …”
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Unraveling Africa’s “mystery”: “afropessimism” as the hegemonic discourse in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by Luiz Felipe Dias Pereira

“…The main argument is that the response of African countries to the pandemic and the low number of deaths on the African continent in general made explicit a contradiction in the hegemonic discourse regarding African states’ capacity to act effectively in the face of the threat of the virus. …”
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Seguridad nacional y geopolítica en América del Norte y Centroamérica by Ángel Armando Rodríguez Luna

“…According to this perspective, international security issues strain state capacities to deal with problematic consolidations of political, economical, and social institutions in democratic contexts. …”
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Educational academics and intellectuals in the democratic reconstruction of Argentina: Discussions around a modern scientific program by NICOLÁS JOSÉ ISOLA

“…The intention of consolidating a series of consensual processes aimed to strengthen the educational discourse and the state capacities. Through the analysis of documents and interventions produced by intellectuals, the positions of the educational academics in Argentina, in their struggle to re-establish a state expert layer, are discussed by exposing both the tensions and possibilities that they implied. …”
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Ambitions and Capabilities of the EU by Jan Závěšický

“…These operations are treated as the benchmark test of the implementation capability of the European Security and Defence Policy project, a project which is limited by the member states' capacities and their political will. Also the relationship between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union must be analysed and the unsettled state of the European allies' capabilities, as well as the crucial role of NATO to ensure a common defence must be further looked into. …”
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KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT IN THE EU 28 by Carmen SĂVULESCU, Corina - Georgiana ANTONOVICI (LAZAR)

“…Knowledge society involves the development of the states’ capacity to identify, create, process, disseminate and use information and knowledge in view of sustainable development, economic growth and improvement of competitiveness, in light to face successfully new challenges of this millennium. …”
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Conservation Philanthropy and the Shadow of State Power in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique by Rozenn Nakanabo Diallo

“…But in spite of weak state capacities, state sovereignty remains at the forefront: central and local state are key for daily conservation management, and the philanthropic apparatus is an opportunity for the state to further its local presence and control in the hinterland.…”
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Gender, tourism and politics in Southeast Asia. by Huang, Qinqin.

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Local Self‐Governance and the State in South Sudan: Studying Gendered Tenure Relations in Times of Uncertainty by Janine Ubink, Bernardo Almeida

“…With governance increasingly regarded as co-governance, states’ capacity to steer, correct, and discipline a wide range of self-governing actors becomes crucial for states’ effectiveness, efficiency, and democracy. …”
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The Potential of Sukuk for Financing Oil and Gas Sector in Nigeria by Tijjani Muhammad, Haruna Tijjani Haruna

“…There are currently three petroleum refineries in Nigeria with a stated capacity of 438 750. Perhaps the refineries are obsolete and bedeviled by poor management and turnaround maintenance due to the lack of funding. …”
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Europe-Arab Economic Relations: Balance of a Quarter Century 1973-1997 by Bichara Khader

“…The author’s analysis makes evident the fact that the EC is the principle commercial partner of Arab countries who are, in turn, dependent, one-product exporters maintaining vertical relations with Europe, a fact verified by the low level of inter-Arab commerce.With respect to Euro-Arab economic relations in the future, Khadara considers that these will be determined by a set of conjunctive factors: the evolution of the regional Arab system and each State’s maintenance of internal and external security; the developments in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process; the evolution in petroleum prices; the Arab States’ capacity to attract foreign investment, mobilise the emigrated Arab capital”, and take in local savings; and finally, the degree of dynamism, diversification and integration of Arab economies.…”
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Improving responses to protracted conflict: why borderlands matter for upstream engagement by Idler, A

“…They also benefit from deficient state capacities in these zones to impose illicit governance structure. …”

THE SECURITY SECTOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA IN THE FUNCTION OF PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN PANDEMIC CONDITIONS by Sasho Mitevski, Blagojcho Spasov

“…The state authorities in accordance to the World Health Organization are taking appropriate measures and activities to ensure the necessary level of protection of citizens and state capacities, but the determination whether that is enough will be made through the research that follows.…”
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Conceptualization and management of disasters and climate change events in Africa: a review by Christopher Ihinegbu

“…Further, it identified limitations in disaster and hazard studies in Africa such as the lack of synthesis of case studies, lack of adaptive planning, lack of state capacities, research-policy gaps among others. It was recommended that research on climate hazards should explore multi-hazards/disasters, demand driven, give more attention to underrepresented disciplines and capture future dynamics in the employed methodologies.…”
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Control, Capacity, and Legitimacy in Investment Treaty Arbitration by Jeremy K. Sharpe

“…The merits of any reform proposals, therefore, should be measured in part by their ability to improve states’ capacity to cope with the existing investment protection regime and rapidly changing developments.…”
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Tools for Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating State Policy by Melanie Besculides, DrPH, Bernadette Ford Lattimore, MPH, So O’Neil, MS

“…One goal of these programs is to build states’ capacity to develop, implement, track, and sustain population-based interventions that address heart disease and stroke. …”
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Over 50 years of African statehood: Locating a new narrative for African development challenges by Paul-Sewa Thovoethin, Jobson O. Ewalefoh

“…It critically examines how to build African states’ capacity for development by first addressing prevailing politics of ‘clientelism’, ‘prebendalism’ and ‘neo-patrimonialism’ in Africa. …”
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Midas’ gift means death: Tax dodging is the biggest obstacle for global justice by Hans Morten Haugen

“…Tax dodgers add to global inequalities and severely weaken states’ capacity to undertake their task of creating a solid tax base, embedded in the principle that all actors are taxed according to the income generated in each country. …”
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Models of selective military service in modern conditions by Nikolić Nebojša

“…New security challenges in the second decade of the twenty-first century and their materialization through various forms of hybrid warfare have had an impact on the emergence of ideas of strengthening state capacities for defence and security. One of these ideas is related to the manning of the armed forces. …”
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