Political Order And Political: Decay: From The I...

An example of how war forced the development of a professional, autonomous bureaucracy.

A set of rules that are binding even on the most powerful political actors, preventing "rule by law" (where the law is just a tool for the elite). Political Order and Political Decay: From the I...

Fukuyama posits that the order in which these institutions develop matters immensely. For instance, countries that developed a strong, professional bureaucracy before democratization (like Prussia/Germany) often have more effective governance than those where democracy arrived before a competent state was built. An example of how war forced the development