Understanding Institutional Weakness
Synopsis
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.
- Copyright:
- 2019 Daniel M. Brinks, Steven Levitsky, and Maria Victoria Murillo
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9781108774376
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 2019-07-31T09:23:46Z
- Language:
- English
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- This is a copyrighted book.