Informal Institutions And Democracy: Lessons from Latin America - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801883520 ISBN 13 : 9780801883521

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This volume analyzes the function of informal institutions in Latin America and how they support or weaken democratic governance. Drawing from a wide range of examples--including the Mexican dedazo, clientelism in Brazil, legislative "ghost coalitions" in Ecuador, and elite power-sharing in Chile--the contributors examine how informal rules shape the performance of state and democratic institutions, offering fresh and timely insights into contemporary problems of governability, "unrule of law," and the absence of effective representation, participation, and accountability in Latin America.

The editors present this analysis within a fourfold conceptual framework: complementary institutions, which fill gaps in formal rules or enhance their efficacy; accommodative informal institutions, which blunt the effects of dysfunctional formal institutions; competing informal institutions, which directly subvert the formal rules; and substitutive informal institutions, which replace ineffective formal institutions.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Gretchen Helmke is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Rochester.

Steven Levitsky is a professor of government at Harvard University. He is the coauthor of Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War, author of Transforming Labor-Based Parties in Latin America, and coeditor of Informal Institutions and Democracy, the last also published by Johns Hopkins.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801883520
• ISBN 13: 9780801883521
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Éditeur: Helmke Gretchen, Levitsky Steven
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