Understanding institutional weakness: power and design in latin American institutions
Brinks, Daniel M.
Understanding institutional weakness: power and design in latin American institutions - New York Cambridge University Press 2019 - 68 p.
Table of 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.
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.
9781108738880
320.98 / BRI
Understanding institutional weakness: power and design in latin American institutions - New York Cambridge University Press 2019 - 68 p.
Table of 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.
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.
9781108738880
320.98 / BRI