| Title | : | Understanding Institutional Weakness |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Daniel M. Brinks, Steven Levitsky & Maria Victoria Murillo |
| Release | : | 2019-06-27 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Political Science, Books, Politics & Current Events |
| Size | : | 4627628 |
| 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. |
