03858nam 22006374a 450 991045192960332120200520144314.00-8018-8926-X(CKB)1000000000482194(EBL)3318293(OCoLC)923193261(SSID)ssj0000178930(PQKBManifestationID)11181995(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178930(PQKBWorkID)10230117(PQKB)10171619(MiAaPQ)EBC3318293(Au-PeEL)EBL3318293(CaPaEBR)ebr10188494(EXLCZ)99100000000048219420051107d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInformal institutions and democracy[electronic resource] lessons from Latin America /edited by Gretchen Helmke, Steven LevitskyBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20061 online resource (368 p.)"The volume emerged out of two conferences on informal institutions. The first, entitled 'Informal Institutions and Politics in the Developing World, ' was held at Harvard University in April 2002 ... The second conference, entitled 'Informal Institutions and Politics in Latin America: Understanding the Rules of the Game, ' was held at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, in April 2003"--Pref.0-8018-8352-0 0-8018-8351-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-335) and index.Contents; Preface; 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: Informal 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 Honduras6 Do Informal Rules Make Democracy Work? Accounting for Accountability in ArgentinaPART 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 Concertacesiones: The Rise and Demise of a Substitutive Informal Institution12 Dispensing Justice at the Margins of Formality: The Informal Rule of Law in Latin AmericaConclusion; Afterword: On Informal Institutions, Once Again; Notes; References; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZPolitical cultureLatin AmericaCongressesDemocratizationLatin AmericaCongressesDemocracyLatin AmericaCongressesPolitics, PracticalLatin AmericaCongressesLatin AmericaPolitics and government1980-CongressesElectronic books.Political cultureDemocratizationDemocracyPolitics, Practical306.2098Helmke Gretchen1967-941615Levitsky Steven765493MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451929603321Informal institutions and democracy2124191UNINA