03792nam 22006254a 450 991082665380332120230808211622.00-8018-8926-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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInformal institutions and democracy lessons from Latin America /edited by Gretchen Helmke, Steven LevitskyBaltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2006.1 online resource (viii, 351 pages) illustrations"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 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 Concertacesiones: The Rise and Demise of a Substitutive Informal Institution12 Dispensing Justice at the Margins of Formality: The Informal Rule of Law in Latin America; Conclusion; Afterword: On Informal Institutions, Once Again; Notes; References; List of Contributors; IndexPolitical cultureLatin AmericaCongressesDemocratizationLatin AmericaCongressesDemocracyLatin AmericaCongressesPolitics, PracticalLatin AmericaCongressesLatin AmericaPolitics and government1980-CongressesPolitical cultureDemocratizationDemocracyPolitics, Practical306.2098Helmke Gretchen1967-1663973Levitsky Steven765493MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826653803321Informal institutions and democracy4021710UNINA