Weak states theories argue that

a. countries would develop faster if governments acted weakly and did not intervene in the economy and let market forces work naturally.
b. even with increasing globalization, governments have maintained, and perhaps even enhanced, their ability to tax, spend, and regulate.
c. globalization limits the ability of governments to tax, spend, and regulate.
d. to promote development, states should provide subsidies to key domestic industries and pursue protectionist trade policies.
e. lesser developed countries cannot follow the development model provided by economically developed countries, because international capitalism has made the lesser developed countries dependent upon the economically developed countries.

C