The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Latin America

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Editor:

Brinks, Daniel M.
Levitsky, Steven
Murillo, María Victoria

ISBN:

978-1-108-48933-1

Publication Date:

Jun 2020

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

AUD $162.95

Book Description:

Political scientists agree that 'institutions matter', but we still know little about when and why or how we would know. Drawing on experiences from Latin America, this volume offers a new conceptual and theoretical framework for understanding when institutions are strong or weak and how different types of weakness matter.

Book Details

Pages:	354
Detailed Subjects:	Political Science / World / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	15.8 x 23.4 x 1.9 cm
Book Weight:	0.632 Kilograms

Author Biography

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Steven Levitsky is an American political scientist and Professor of Government at Harvard University. His research focuses on Latin America and the developing world. He is the author of Competitive Authoritarianism, (with co-author Lucan A. Way in 2010), and How Democracies Die (with co-author Daniel Ziblatt in 2018). He is co-editor of Argentine Democracy: The Politics of Institutional Weakness (2005). He is the recipient of numerous teaching awards.

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