Understanding Institutional Weakness: Power and Design in Latin American Institutions

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.

Author: Daniel M. Brinks, Steven Levitsky, Maria Victoria Murillo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/27/2019
Pages: 75
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d
ISBN: 9781108738880

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