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state capture  

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  • The concept of state capture has been used in political science literature as referring to the way in which private, often corporate, power has dominated public policy making. Thus, the phenomenon of state capture was described in the early critique of pluralist scholars. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; State Capture]

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