The autonomous power of the state: its origins, mechanisms and results
Michael Mann — The autonomous power of the state: its origins, mechanisms and results (1984)Michael Mann · 1984 · ArticleTheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1076 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: State capacity · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Mann (1984) distinguished despotic power, the range of actions state elites can take without negotiating with civil society, from infrastructural power, the capacity of the state to penetrate society and implement its decisions.”
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Leviathan's Latent Dimensions: Measuring State Capacity for Comparative Political Research
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