Understanding institutional weakness: power and design in Latin American institutions

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 wh...

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Hauptverfasser: Brinks, Daniel M. 1961- (VerfasserIn), Levitsky, Steven 1968- (VerfasserIn), Murillo, María Victoria 1967- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2019
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Zusammenfassung: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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Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (68 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108772211
DOI:10.1017/9781108772211

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