Stagnation Process

A Stagnation Process is a process that causes systems to lose dynamism and growth capacity through various forms of rigidity, inefficiency, or resource depletion.

• AKA: Decline Process, Sclerosis Process, Ossification Process, Decay Process.
• Context:
  • It can typically manifest through Institutional Rigidity via bureaucratic accumulation.
  • It can often operate through Resource Depletion via unsustainable extraction.
  • It can typically accelerate through Innovation Suppression via regulatory burden.
  • It can often perpetuate through Elite Capture via rent-seeking behavior.
  • It can range from being an Economic Stagnation Process to being a Political Stagnation Process, depending on its primary domain.
  • It can range from being a Gradual Stagnation Process to being a Rapid Stagnation Process, depending on its progression rate.
  • It can range from being a Reversible Stagnation Process to being an Irreversible Stagnation Process, depending on its institutional lock-in.
  • It can range from being a Partial Stagnation Process to being a Total Stagnation Process, depending on its system coverage.
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• Examples:
  • Political Stagnation Process, such as:
    • State Centralization Stagnation Process for bureaucratic sclerosis.
    • Democratic Stagnation Process for polarization gridlock.
  • Economic Stagnation Process, such as:
    • Post-1969 Regulatory Stagnation for innovation suppression.
    • Japanese Lost Decades for deflation trap.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Growth Process, which increases system capacity.
  • Renewal Process, which restores system vitality.
  • Innovation Process, which creates new possibilities.
• See: Process, State Centralization Stagnation Process, Post-1969 Regulatory Stagnation, Economic Decline, Institutional Decay, System Theory, Organizational Decline.

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