Informal Institutions and Democracy - Lessons From Latin America

Informationen zum Autor Gretchen Helmke is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Rochester. Steven Levitsky is a professor of government at Harvard University. He is the coauthor of Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War, author of Transforming Labor-Based Parties in Latin America, and coeditor of Informal Institutions and Democracy , the last also published by Johns Hopkins. Klappentext This volume analyzes the function of informal institutions in Latin America and how they support or weaken democratic governance. The contributors examine how informal rules shape the performance of state and democratic institutions, offering fresh and timely insights into contemporary problems of governability, "unrule of law," and the absence of effective representation, participation, and accountability in Latin America. Zusammenfassung Analyzes the function of informal institutions in Latin America and how they support or weaken democratic governance. This work examines how informal rules shape the performance of state and democratic institutions! offering insights into contemporary problems of governability! and unrule of law.

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• Authors: Gretchen Helmke, Gretchen (Assistant Professor Helmke, Gretchen Levitsky Helmke
• Assisted by: Gretchen Helmke (Editor), Gretchen (Assistant Professor Helmke (Editor), Steven Levitsky (Editor), Steven (John J. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences Levitsky (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2006
• EAN: 9780801883514
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8351-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Political activism, Political structures: democracy, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Institutions and learned societies: general, Political activism / Political engagement, Institutions & learned societies: general