Understanding Institutional Weakness

By Steven Levitsky, Maria Victoria Murillo, Daniel M. Brinks

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108738885
• ISBN13: 9781108738880
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"