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November 20, 2025Governance

State Capacity, Social Fragmentation, and Public Goods Provision: A Cross‐National Comparative Analysis

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JSJiali Shen

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Cross-national analysis shows interaction of state capacity and social fragmentation affects public goods provision in authoritarian states, implying legitimacy challenges amid conflict.

Key Points

  • Higher state capacity improves public goods provision in democracies due to institutionalized responsiveness, and authoritarian states show mixed outcomes.
  • Using panel data on 177 countries from 1960-2015, this analysis reveals how social fragmentation shapes governance.
  • The interaction between state capacity and the social environment dictates the distribution of public goods and resource allocation.
  • Findings indicate that increased social fragmentation in authoritarian regimes necessitates stronger state involvement to maintain legitimacy.

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Jiali Shen (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6924f08cc0ce034ddc35061ahttps://doi.org/10.1111/gove.70088
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