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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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1998.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1998/033 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (41 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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