Informal institutions and democracy : lessons from Latin America /

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-335) and index.Accommodating informal institutions and Chilean Democracy / Peter SiavelisAfterword: on informal institutions, once again / Guillermo O'DonnellConclusion / Gretchen Helmke and Steven LevitskyCrafting legislative ghost coalitions in Ecuador: informal institutions and economic reform in an unlikely case / Andrés Mejía AcostaDispensing justice at the margins of formality: the informal rule of law in Latin America / Donna Lee Van CottDo informal rules make democracy work? Accounting for accountability in Argentina / Susan C. StokesElection insurance and coalition survival: formal and informal institutions in Chile / John M. Carey and Peter SiavelisHow informal electoral institutions shape the Brazilian legislative arena / Scott W. DesposatoInformal institutions and party organization in Latin America / Flavia Freidenberg and Steven LevitskyInformal institutions when formal contracting is prohibited: campaign finance in Brazil / David SamuelsIntroduction / Gretchen Helmke and Steven LevitskyMexico's postelectoral Concertacesiones: the rise and demise of a substitutive informal institution / Todd A. EisenstadtThe birth and transformation of the Dedazo in Mexico / Joy LangstonThe difficult road from Caudillismo to democracy: the impact of clientelism in Honduras / Michelle M. Taylor-RobinsonThe rule of (non) law: prosecuting police killings in Brazil and Argentina / Daniel M. Brink