Understanding Institutional Weakness: Power and Design in Latin American Institutions (Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America) - Softcover

Book 1 of 13: Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America

Brinks, Daniel M.

 
9781108738880: Understanding Institutional Weakness: Power and Design in Latin American Institutions (Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America)

Synopsis

Offers a new, more systematic and theoretically grounded, understanding of the concept and causes of weak institutions.

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Book Description

Political scientists have long said 'institutions matteR' without too carefully specifying what that means and how we would know. This book offers the conceptual tools for understanding when institutions are strong, when they are weak, when they matter and when they do not.

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