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Informal Institutions and Democracy : Lessons from Latin America by Steven Levitsky (2006, Hardcover)

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PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-100801883512

ISBN-139780801883514

eBay Product ID (ePID)50492173

Product Key Features

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameInformal Institutions and Democracy : Lessons from Latin America

Publication Year2006

SubjectPolitical Process / General, General, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Comparative Politics, Political Ideologies / Democracy

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science

AuthorSteven Levitsky

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight21.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2005-032064

ReviewsOne of the most interesting and illuminating works on Latin American politics to appear in recent years., "One of the most interesting and illuminating works on Latin American politics to appear in recent years." -- Joe Foweraker, Journal of Latin American Studies

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromCollege Freshman

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306.2098

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Table Of ContentPreface Introduction Part I. The Informal Politics of Executive-Legislative Relations 1. Accommodating Informal Institutions and Chilean Democracy 2. How Informal Electoral Institutions Shape the Brazilian Legislative Arena 3. Crafting Legislative Ghost Coalitions in Ecuador: I nformal Institutions and Economic Reform in an Unlikely Case Part II. Informal Institutions and Electoral Politics 4. Informal Institutions When Formal Contracting Is Prohibited: Campaign Finance in Brazil 5. The Difficult Road from Caudillismo to Democracy: The Impact of Clientelism in Honduras 6. Do Informal Rules Make Democracy Work? Accounting for Accountability in Argentina Part III. Informal Institutions and Party Politics 7. The Birth and Transformation of the Dedazo in Mexico 8. Election Insurance and Coalition Survival: Formal and Informal Institutions in Chile 9. Informal Institutions and Party Organization in Latin America Part IV. Informal Judicial Institutions and The Rule of Law 10. The Rule of (Non)Law: Prosecuting Police Killings in Brazil and Argentina 11. Mexico's Postelectoral Concertacasiones: The Rise and Demise of a Substitutive Informal Institution 12. Dispensing Justice at the Margins of Formality: The Informal Rule of Law in Latin America Conclusion Afterword: On Informal institutions, Once Again Notes References

SynopsisThis 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., 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., 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 ......, This volume analyzes the function of informal institutions in Latin America and how they support or weaken democratic governance. 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.

LC Classification NumberJL966.I55 2006