State fragility: Towards a data-driven multi-dimensional typology JÜrn Grävingholt, Sebastian Ziaja & Merle Kreibaum
Measurement process Concept
State fragility (or, inverse, statehood)
Dimensions
Authority
Capacity
Legitimacy
Attributes
Monopoly of violence: • no (effectively) competing claims • no large-scale (organised) violation of physical integrity of persons
Provision of basic life chances: • protection from easily avoidable diseases • basic education • provision of basic administration
Acceptance of rule: • no resort to state repression as a means to achieve obedience • no politically motivated emigration
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Indicators
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Monopoly of violence (BTI) Homicides (UNODC) Battle deaths (WDI)
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Under-5 mortality (IHME) Primary enrolment (WDI) Access to water (WDI) Basic administration (BTI)
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Approach of “weakest link”
Physical integrity rights violations (PTS) Press freedom violations (RSF) Granted asylums by country of origin (UNHCR)
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Transformed data n = 162
Aggregation: Latent profile analysis
Results: Groups by dimensions
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Results: Failed States Index by groups
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