The Political Settlement Question: Why Some States Can Build Sovereignty- And Others Cannot (4)

Thenews_chronicle | 26-12-2025 09:32pm |

At the end of every discussion about reform, sequencing, incentives, and power lies a single, unavoidable question: what kind of political settlement governs the state? Policies do not operate in a vacuum. They are expressions of underlying bargains, explicit or implicit, between elites, institutions, and society. Where that settlement rewards production, discipline, and long-term investment,

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