Informal Institutions and Democracy - Lessons from Latin America

Preface vii Introduction 1(32) Gretchen Helmke Steven Levitsky PART I THE INFORMAL POLITICS OF EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS Accommodating Informal Institutions and Chilean Democracy 33(23) Peter Siavelis How Informal Electoral Institutions Shape the Brazilian Legislative Arena 56(13) Scott W. Desposato Crafting Legislative Ghost Coalitions in Ecuador: Informal Institutions and Economic Reform in an Unlikely Case 69(18) Andres Mejia Acosta PART II INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS AND ELECTORAL POLITICS Informal Institutions When Formal Contracting Is Prohibited: Campaign Finance in Brazil 87(19) David Samuels The Difficult Road from Caudillismo to Democracy: The Impact of Clientelism in Honduras 106(19) Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson Do Informal Rules Make Democracy Work? Accounting for Accountability in Argentina 125(18) Susan C. Stokes PART III INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS AND PARTY POLITICS The Birth and Transformation of the Dedazo in Mexico 143(17) Joy Langston Election Insurance and Coalition Survival: Formal and Informal Institutions in Chile 160(18) John M. Carey Peter Siavelis Informal Institutions and Party Organization in Latin America 178(23) Flavia Freidenberg Steven Levitsky PART IV INFORMAL JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE RULE OF LAW The Rule of (Non)Law: Prosecuting Police Killings in Brazil and Argentina 201(26) Daniel M. Brinks Mexico's Postelectoral Concertacesiones: The Rise and Demise of a Substitutive Informal Institution 227(22) Todd A. Eisenstadt Dispensing Justice at the Margins of Formality: The Informal Rule of Law in Latin America 249(25) Donna Lee Van Cott Conclusion 274(11) Gretchen Helmke Steven Levitsky Afterword On Informal Institutions, Once Again 285(6) Guillermo O'Donnell Notes 291(22) References 313(24) List of Contributors 337(4) Index 341