Conceptualizing and Measuring State Effectiveness as Impartiality

Daniel Appiah; Abdul Gafaru Abdulai

doi:10.1007/s11115-022-00681-2

Conceptualizing and Measuring State Effectiveness as Impartiality

Daniel Appiah, Abdul Gafaru Abdulai

Department Of Public Administration And Health

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Abstract

Building on Rawls’s Theory of Justice, we argue that state effectiveness should be conceptualized and measured using the baseline of equal rights to life, liberties, and opportunities. This conception of state effectiveness leads to measurement along two axes of performance: a vertical axis (y axis) measuring the quality of state capacity for impartiality; and a horizontal axis (x axis) measuring the quality of states in achieving impartiality. We examine the extent of state effectiveness across all 54 countries in Africa. We find that the quality of state capacity correlates with the extent of equal treatment of persons.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1417-1436
Number of pages	20
Journal	Public Organization Review
Volume	23
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-022-00681-2
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023

Keywords

Public sector impartiality
Quality of government
Quality of state
State effectiveness

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