Developmentalism is a post-World War 2 economic theory where the government focuses on development and uses its authority to spread risks of capitalist development. It believes that a nation's economic performance is central to a regime's justice claims, and that state administrators should be separated from politicians to utilize capitalism for international economic advancement. Strengths include promoting self-governance, international economic participation, and capitalism. Weaknesses include debates around whether authoritarianism or democracy better achieves developmental goals, and whether economic development or democracy should come first.