Understanding Institutional Weakness : Power and Design in Latin American Institutions (Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America)

Brinks, Daniel M./ Levitsky, Steven/ Murillo, Maria Victoria

Cambridge University Press（2019/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 76 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108738880
• DDC分類 351

Full Description

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.

Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Defining institutions; 3. Institutional weakness; 4. Accounting for institutional weakness; 5. The persistence of institutional weakness in Latin America; 6. Conclusion.