Informal institutions and democracy: lessons from Latin America

Abstract

Preface Introduction Part I. The Informal Politics of Executive-Legislative Relations 1. Accommodating Informal Institutions and Chilean Democracy 2. How Informal Electoral Institutions Shape the Brazilian Legislative Arena 3. Crafting Legislative Ghost Coalitions in Ecuador: Informal Institutions and Economic Reform in an Unlikely Case Part II. Informal Institutions and Electoral Politics 4. Informal Institutions When Formal Contracting Is Prohibited: Campaign Finance in Brazil 5. The Difficult Road from Caudillismo to Democracy: The Impact of Clientelism in Honduras 6. Do Informal Rules Make Democracy Work? Accounting for Accountability in Argentina Part III. Informal Institutions and Party Politics 7. The Birth and Transformation of the Dedazo in Mexico 8. Election Insurance and Coalition Survival: Formal and Informal Institutions in Chile 9. Informal Institutions and Party Organization in Latin America Part IV. Informal Judicial Institutions and The Rule of Law 10. The Rule of (Non)Law: Prosecuting Police Killings in Brazil and Argentina 11. Mexico's Postelectoral Concertacasiones: The Rise and Demise of a Substitutive Informal Institution 12. Dispensing Justice at the Margins of Formality: The Informal Rule of Law in Latin America Conclusion Afterword: On Informal institutions, Once Again Notes References