![]() ![]() Moreover, it is only on page 201 that we learn that the original idea about the sequencing of civil service and democracy belongs to Martin Shefter. ![]() One grows a bit tired of this repetition. But then repeats this at least twenty times in the following chapters. He uses, among others, the examples of Germany (democracy after civil service) and Italy and Greece (the reverse) to illustrate his point. Early on Fukuyama makes a very interesting and important point that countries that democratize too early before a strong civil service has been created, almost inevitably develop clientilistic politics. I found these word for word repetitions rather annoying because they seem to be somewhat condescending to the reader. Lots of that unnecessary length is also due to quasi verbatim repetitions of certain points. ![]()
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