„… statehood. Selective statehood refers to the strategic decision of state elite to only invest in certain …” „… , Washington 2002. 6 See for example R.I. Rotberg, State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror …” „… of strategic decisions by the state managers rather than as failure; they assume that such …”

„… states constitute the building blocks of world order, the violent disintegration and palpable weakness …” „… newer nation-states waver precariously between weakness and failure, with some truly failing, and a few …” „… collapse and failure from generic weakness or apparent distress, and collapse from failure. It further …”

„… local, national, regional and global levels of political decision-making and collective action. This …” „… . Weaknesses in the system of values, of institutions and rules in society invite corrupt practices. In the …” „… , condoned and even subsidized their exporters’ corrupt practices, which induced wrong decisions often in …”

„… . The cognitive demands (= decision-making capacity) constitute the line between autonomy and necessary …” „… right of self-determination. People with decision-making capacity have the exclusive right to decide on …” „… their own issues, but also have to bear the responsibilities and consequences for their decisions. Hence …”

„… . The submarine decision was a sea change, to which Beijing reacted by downgrading diplomatic relations …” „… debate, on 18 December a motion to annul the decision, supported by members of the coalition party CDA …” „… decision. In reaction, Henri Wijnaendts, a seasoned diplomat, was dispatched on a counter-misson to China …”

„… Sharpening Investment Decisions in the Oil&Gas Industry Applying Improved „Value of Information …” „… investment decisions is of highest importance to avoid non-optimum allocation of investment funds. A …” „… decision maker´s risk attitude - will lead to more stringent investment decision making. This new approach …”

„… compliance with the optimum competency profile a strength, weakness, opportunity and threat (SWOT) analysis …” „… action, which forms a pattern in a stream of decisions”20. This process of using systematic criteria and …”

„… – and his hiding behind institutional weaknesses and the advantage of a dominant majority party – was …” „… cabinet ministers who were not elected onto the ruling party’s chief decision-making body attend as …” „… completely”, as [DA MP David] Maynier puts it.’ To what extent are these weaknesses due to flaws in the …”

„… decisions’.15 Representation is understood as internal to the state, in that consolidated democracy consists …” „… ideas but their positions do not manifest in decisions, unlike the elected who have both deliberative …” „… and direct decision-making powers. Still, in Urbinati’s view, political judgment is a key indirect …”

„… decision-making processes of the state and society; and, finally, increasing socio-economic inequality. The …” „… , such as the euro bailout. However, most importantly, since the surrendering of decision-making powers …” „… post-democratic critics are justified, who correctly refer to weaknesses in representation and thereby in …”

„… after the end of apartheid? One answer is that it was a conscious constitutional decision to rebuild …” „… , not weaknesses. Goodin pulls the sting of the reductio by conceding that a worldwide franchise for …” „… claim to compensation for decisions that directly affect outsiders (category four claims). 41 Nancy …”