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A continuación transcribo el abstract, las palabras clave y el índice de este libro de Cambridge University Press que hace parte de la serie «Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America«:

Abstract: 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; noncompliance, 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.

Keywords: institutions, Latin America, enforcement, compliance, instability.

Content:

1. Introduction
2. Defining Institutions
3. Institutional Weakness
4. Accounting for Institutional Weakness
5. The Persistence of Institutional Weakness in Latin America
6. Conclusion
7. References

¿Cómo citar?

Brinks, D., Levitsky, S., & Murillo, M. (2019). Understanding Institutional Weakness: Power and Design in Latin American Institutions (Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108772211