Understanding institutional weakness : power and design in Latin American institutions

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Understanding institutional weakness : power and design in Latin American institutions

Title remainder

power and design in Latin American institutions

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Daniel M. Brinks, Steven Levitsky, Maria Victoria Murillo

Creator

• Brinks, Daniel M., 1961-

Contributor

• Levitsky, Steven
• Murillo, Maria Victoria, 1967-

Author

• Levitsky, Steven
• Murillo, Maria Victoria, 1967-

Subject

• Latin America -- Politics and government

Language

eng

Summary

This Element introduces the concept of institutional weakness, arguing that weakness or strength is a function of the extent to which an institution actually matters to social, economic or political outcomes. It then presents a typology of three forms of institutional weakness: insignificance, in which rules are complied with but do not affect the way actors behave; non-compliance, in which state elites either choose not to enforce the rules or fail to gain societal cooperation with them; and instability, in which the rules are changed at an unusually high rate. The Element then examines the sources of institutional weakness.--

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non fiction

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dictionaries

Series statement

• Cambridge elements. Elements in politics and society in Latin America 2515-5253
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks