Informal institutions and democracy : lessons from Latin America / / edited by Gretchen Helmke, Steven Levitsky

• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 351 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 306.2098
• Soggetto topico: Political culture - Latin America; Democratization - Latin America; Democracy - Latin America; Politics, Practical - Latin America
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America Politics and government 1980- Congresses
• Altri autori: HelmkeGretchen <1967-> LevitskySteven
• Note generali: "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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-335) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Honduras ; 6 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 Institution ; 12 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The editors present this analysis within a fourfold conceptual framework: complementary institutions, which fill gaps in formal rules or enhance their efficacy; accommodative informal institutions, which blunt the effects of dysfunctional formal institutions; competing informal institutions, which directly subvert the formal rules; and substitutive informal institutions, which replace ineffective formal institutions.
• Altri titoli varianti: Informal institutions & democracy
• Titolo autorizzato: Informal institutions and democracy
• ISBN: 0-8018-8926-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826653803321
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