UID:
almafu_9960118530502883
Format:
1 online resource (68 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-108-77397-4
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1-108-77437-7
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1-108-77221-8
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements. Elements in politics and society in Latin America 2515-5253
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2019).
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Understanding Institutional Weakness: Power and Design in Latin American Institutions -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Why Institutional Strength Matters for Comparative Politics -- 1.2 Why Latin America? -- 2 Defining Institutions -- 3 Institutional Weakness -- 3.1 The Core Concept -- 3.1.1 Social Norms and Institutional Strength -- 3.1.2 Insignificance -- 3.2 Types of Institutional Weakness -- 3.2.1 Noncompliance -- 3.2.1.1 State Nonenforcement -- 3.2.1.2 State (In)capacity and Societal Resistance -- 3.2.2 Instability -- 3.3 Judicial Interpretation as a Source of Noncompliance and Instability -- 4 Accounting for Institutional Weakness -- 4.1 Sources of (Non)compliance -- 4.1.1 Strategic Adoption of Weak Institutions -- 4.1.1.1 Implementation and Enforcement Gaps -- 4.1.2 State Capacity and Societal Resistance -- 4.1.3 Societal Sources of Compliance -- 4.2 Sources of Insignificance: Audience Costs and Preemptive Design -- 4.3 Sources of Instability -- 4.3.1 Economic Instability -- 4.3.2 Unstable Coalitions -- 4.3.3 Instability Traps -- 4.3.4 Compliance and Stability -- 5 The Persistence of Institutional Weakness in Latin America -- 5.1 A Problem of Institutional Borrowing? -- 5.2 Mechanisms that Reproduce Institutional Weakness in Latin America -- 5.3 Democracy and Institutional Ambition -- 6 Conclusion -- References.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-73888-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108772211
