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A form of substitution where funders begin determining what may be decided, not through explicit demands but through anticipatory constraint. Decision-makers internalise renewal logic and pre-emptively constrain judgment to preserve capital flow. Arises without explicit pressure—the mere possibility of withdrawal distorts authority when capital is exhaustible.
A research centre doesn't need funders to issue demands. When renewal is annual and discretionary, researchers learn which findings are 'fundable' and which questions are too risky to pursue. Capital governs without governing.
ACIJ Section 6.1