GUILLERMO O'DONNELL'S "CRISIS OF THE STATE"

• The state as a collection of bureaucratic agencies cannot discharge its duties with reasonable efficacy.



• Laws are ineffective. "For my friends everything; for my enemies the law."



• State agencies do not make decisions according to some conception of the public good.



• The presence of the state varies within national territories. (Peru) (Colombia)



• O'Donnell's "satellite map": blue areas, green areas, brown areas