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  • Autonomous state actions will regularly take forms that attempt to reinforce the authority, political longevity, and social control of the state.

    Peter B. Evans, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Theda Skocpol, Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Committee on States and Social Structures, Joint Committee on Latin American Studies (1985). “Bringing the State Back In”, p.15, Cambridge University Press