Informal Institutions And Democracy
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Informal Institutions And Democracy
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Author : Gretchen Helmke
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2006-08-28
Informal Institutions And Democracy written by Gretchen Helmke and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-28 with History categories.
"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"--Pref
Informal Institutions And Democracy
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Author : Gretchen Helmke
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2006-08-28
Informal Institutions And Democracy written by Gretchen Helmke and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-28 with Political Science categories.
This volume analyzes the function of informal institutions in Latin America and how they support or weaken democratic governance. Drawing from a wide range of examples—including the Mexican dedazo, clientelism in Brazil, legislative "ghost coalitions" in Ecuador, and elite power-sharing in Chile—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. The editors present this analysis within a fourfold conceptual framework: complementary institutions, which fill gaps in formal rules or enhance their efficacy; accommodative informal institutions, which blunt the effects of dysfunctional formal institutions; competing informal institutions, which directly subvert the formal rules; and substitutive informal institutions, which replace ineffective formal institutions.
Institutions And Democracy In Africa
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Author : Nic Cheeseman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-02-22
Institutions And Democracy In Africa written by Nic Cheeseman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-22 with History categories.
Offers new research on the vital importance of institutions, such as presidential term-limits in the African democratisation processes.
Democracy For Sale
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Author : Edward Aspinall
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2019-04-15
Democracy For Sale written by Edward Aspinall and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-15 with Political Science categories.
Democracy for Sale is an on-the-ground account of Indonesian democracy, analyzing its election campaigns and behind-the-scenes machinations. Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot assess the informal networks and political strategies that shape access to power and privilege in the messy political environment of contemporary Indonesia. In post-Suharto Indonesian politics the exchange of patronage for political support is commonplace. Clientelism, argue the authors, saturates the political system, and in Democracy for Sale they reveal the everyday practices of vote buying, influence peddling, manipulating government programs, and skimming money from government projects. In doing so, Aspinall and Berenschot advance three major arguments. The first argument points toward the role of religion, kinship, and other identities in Indonesian clientelism. The second explains how and why Indonesia's distinctive system of free-wheeling clientelism came into being. And the third argument addresses variation in the patterns and intensity of clientelism. Through these arguments and with comparative leverage from political practices in India and Argentina, Democracy for Sale provides compelling evidence of the importance of informal networks and relationships rather than formal parties and institutions in contemporary Indonesia.
Democracy And Institutions
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Author : Markus M. L. Crepaz
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2000-06-16
Democracy And Institutions written by Markus M. L. Crepaz and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-16 with Political Science categories.
How institutional engineering affects the life of democracies
Capitalism Without Democracy
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Author : Kellee S. Tsai
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2007
Capitalism Without Democracy written by Kellee S. Tsai and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Business & Economics categories.
Focusing on the activities and aspirations of the private entrepreneurs who are driving China's economic growth.
Accountability Without Democracy
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Author : Lily L. Tsai
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-08-27
Accountability Without Democracy written by Lily L. Tsai and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-27 with Political Science categories.
Examines the fundamental issue of how citizens get government officials to provide them with the roads, schools, and other public services they need by studying communities in rural China. In authoritarian and transitional systems, formal institutions for holding government officials accountable are often weak. The state often lacks sufficient resources to monitor its officials closely, and citizens are limited in their power to elect officials they believe will perform well and to remove them when they do not. The answer, Lily L. Tsai found, lies in a community's social institutions. Even when formal democratic and bureaucratic institutions of accountability are weak, government officials can still be subject to informal rules and norms created by community solidary groups that have earned high moral standing in the community.
Gender Institutions And Change In Bachelet S Chile
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Author : G. Waylen
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-08
Gender Institutions And Change In Bachelet S Chile written by G. Waylen and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-08 with Political Science categories.
Michele Bachelet, Chile's first female president, was elected with an explicit gender agenda in 2006 and then reelected in 2013. This volume focuses on Bachelet's efforts to introduce progressive measures and the constraints that she has faced in a context where both formal and informal political institutions can act as barriers to change.
Schools Of Democracy
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Author : Julien Talpin
language : en
Publisher: ECPR Press
Release Date : 2024-10-31
Schools Of Democracy written by Julien Talpin and has been published by ECPR Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-31 with Political Science categories.
Schools of Democracy offers a vivid analysis of the long-term impact of engagement in participatory budgeting institutions in Europe. While democratic innovations flourish around the world, there have been great hopes for their potential to revitalize representative government and solve the increasing apathy of the public. Based on a rich ethnographic study in France, Italy and Spain, this book shows how participatory institutions can encourage personal involvement, by creating the procedural and social conditions conducive to the formation of a competent and involved citizenry. Rather than deliberation itself, it seems that informal discussions and interactions between a diverse public allow mutual learning and the beginning of a political trajectory for people at the margins of the public sphere. However, this book also shows that citizens can become disappointed by the little decision-making power they are granted, as they leave the process often more cynical than before. Contains: A unique study on the long-term individual impact of engagement in participatory institutions. While most research deal with short-term impact, Schools of democracy addresses impact of participation after two years of engagement. Unique access to the black box of participatory institutions. While research on democratic innovations generally opt for an externalist perspective, Schools of democracy details the routine of deliberative interactions, showing how ordinary citizens speak up in public assemblies. From this perspective, the book offers incredibly rich empirical material – coming from ethnographic research – on how participatory democracy works. An original theoretical framework to the study of the individual impacts of participatory engagement. While most research are based on an implicit rational choice perspective, the pragmatist perspective adopted here sheds a different light on the studied phenomenon, stressing the co-construction of actors and their environment.
The Paradox Of Democracy In Latin America
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Author : Katherine Isbester
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2011-01-01
The Paradox Of Democracy In Latin America written by Katherine Isbester and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Political Science categories.
What becomes clear throughout is that there is a paradox at the heart of Latin America's democracies. Despite decades of struggle to replace authoritarian dictatorships with electoral democracies, solid economic growth (leading up to the global credit crisis), and increased efforts by the state to extend the benefits of peace and prosperity to the poor, democracy - as a political system - is experiencing declining support, and support for authoritarianism is on the rise.