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020 _a9781108738880
082 _a320.98
_bBRI
100 _aBrinks, Daniel M.
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245 _aUnderstanding institutional weakness: power and design in latin American institutions
260 _bCambridge University Press
_aNew York
_c2019
300 _a68 p.
365 _aGBP
_b15.00
504 _aTable 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.
520 _aThis 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.
700 _aLevitsky, Steven
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700 _aMurillo, Maria Victoria
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