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Root Causes of Weaknesses - Coggle Diagram
Root Causes of Weaknesses
Corruption (P)
Lack of checks and balances
Traditionally, Latin American governments lack checks and balances, which create gaps in accountability where elites and corrupt individuals can take advantage of public goods.
Patrimonialism
Rather than being loyal to the state itself people are loyal to a certain faction, opening the door for corrupt action
Clientelism
A quid-pro-quo system does not effectively use resources and bolsters officials who not supportive of a democratic rule, as it does not ensure their power.
Overwhelming Power of the Elite
Elitism promotes a government built for and run by the elite with fallacy/ineffective democratic practices. Practices of patrimonialism and clientelism promote further elitism and power thereof.
poverty and inequality
Overwhelming Power of the Elite
The elites extreme power helps them maintain the inequality
Long past of racial discrimination
Non-whites had historically been excluded from economic benefits and programs
Weak social welfare and safety nets
Without safety nets those in the poor class have no resources to help them improve their economic prospects.
Leads to violence
violence
Long past of racial discrimination
Centuries long racist traditions result in high tensions between races, inciting violence
Mass incarceration
Weak states
lack of capacity
Complex root causes that can be attributed to systemic corruption, inequality, and economic stagnation.
Colonial heritage hindered state's ability to tax and to form a military
Lack of Technological Advance (E)
Lack of Industrialization
While not impossible to advance without industrialization, the combined general lack of state capacity in Latin America and the advantage taken by the US and Europe particularly by colonialism deterred development via industrialization.
Weak Resource and Developement
Lack of resources poured into R&D results in less technological advances
Extractivism
Proximity To The US
High demand from the US for natural resources, which drives up demand
Mass incarceration
long past of racial discrimination
Non-whites disproportionally represent the prison population
Drug cartels
Prominence of drug cartels due to international demand
Weak institutions
Lack of social institutions such as strong educational programs to deter engaging in violence and crime from a young age
Influence of foreign policies
Proximity To The US
The proximity to the United States effects Latin American for multiple reasons. Such as the influence and distribution of drugs and guns, resulting in easy access. Latin America is at the mercy of US interests because the US treats it as its "backyard"