Author Question: In comparison to older states, the new states have ________. A. greater capacity to tax and ... (Read 76 times)

laurencescou · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

In comparison to older states, the new states have ________.

A. greater capacity to tax and extract revenue from their citizens
B. greater difficulty in providing adequate government services to their citizens
C. greater ability to effectively police their own borders
D. greater power to monopolize the means of violence within their territory
E. greater efficacy in running their states as full-fledged democracies

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the economic context of the late state formation?

A. Few investments in the construction of effective government institutions that could lead to growth.
B. Empires of the colonial power prohibited exploitation of the labor and natural resources of the occupied territories.
C. Colonial powers focused on developing legitimate institutions for the benefit of the colonies.
D. Political leaders of newly independent states engaged in state-building practices such as societal mobilization with the help of the foreign occupiers.
E. The legacy of European colonialism was wealth and effective government institutions.