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Title Informal institutions and democracy : lessons from Latin America / edited by Gretchen Helmke, Steven Levitsky
Published Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 351 pages) : illustrations
Contents Accommodating informal institutions and Chilean democracy / Peter Siavelis -- How informal institutions shape the Brazilian legislative arena / Scott Desposato -- Ghost coalitions : informal institutions and economic reform in Ecuador / Andres Mejia -- Informal institutions when formal contracting is prohibited: campaign finance in Brazil / David Samuels -- The difficult road from Caudillismo to democracy, or can clientelism complement democratic electoral institutions? : the Honduran case / Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson -- Do informal rules make democracy work? : accounting for accountability in Argentina / Susan Stokes -- The birth and transformation of the Dedazo in Mexico / Joy Langston -- Bridesmaid insurance and the survival of Chile's concertación / John Carey and Peter Siavelis -- Informal party organization in Latin America / Flavia Freidenberg and Steven Levitsky -- The rule of (non) law : prosecuting police killings in Brazil and Argentina / Daniel M. Brinks -- Mexico's post-electoral concertacesiones : the rise and demise of a substitutive informal institution / Todd A. Eisenstadt -- Dispensing justice at the margins of formality : the informal rule of law in Latin America / Donna Lee Van Cott -- Comparative and theoretical perspectives / Gretchen Helmke and Steven Levitsky -- On informal institutions, once again (an afterward) / Guillermo O'Donnell
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-335) and index
Notes "The volume emerged out of two conferences on informal institutions. The first, entitled 'Informal Institutions and Politics in the Developing World, ' was held at Harvard University in April 2002 ... The second conference, entitled 'Informal Institutions and Politics in Latin America: Understanding the Rules of the Game, ' was held at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, in April 2003"--Preface
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SUBJECT Kongress (2002 : Harvard) swd
Kongress (2003 : Notre Dame, Ind.) swd
Lateinamerika gnd
Subject Political culture -- Latin America -- Congresses
Democratization -- Latin America -- Congresses
Democracy -- Latin America -- Congresses
Politics, Practical -- Latin America -- Congresses
89.35 democracy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Democracy
Democratization
Political culture
Politics and government
Politics, Practical
Informelle Organisation
Demokratisierung
Politische Kultur
Informelle Institution
Politische Institutionenlehre
Democratie.
Instituties.
Informele groepen.
Politieke cultuur.
Institution -- Informale Struktur (Soziologie) -- Demokratie -- Lateinamerika -- Aufsatzsammlung.
SUBJECT Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980- -- Congresses
Subject Latin America
Latijns-Amerika.
Lateinamerika -- Institution -- Informale Struktur (Soziologie) -- Demokratie -- Aufsatzsammlung.
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Congresses (form)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Helmke, Gretchen, 1967-
Levitsky, Steven.
LC no. 2005032064
ISBN 9780801883521
0801883520
9780801889264
080188926X
0801883512
9780801883514
Other Titles Informal institutions & democracy