ABSTRACT
The long transitions that ultimately brought strong governance to today’s most economically developed countries proceeded in large part sequentially-concentrating authority in states, increasing the state’s capacity to govern professionally, and eventually expanding the democratic franchise and political practice toward greater inclusion. Governance transitions around the world now progress in a much different manner. Even the most fragile stateswhere insecurity is pervasive, failure to deliver essential services is common, and exclusion is the norm-are now struggling with these transitions in a more simultaneous manner.
