Do the Poor Count?
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Do the Poor Count?

Democratic Institutions and Accountability in a Context of Poverty

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eBook - PDF

Do the Poor Count?

Democratic Institutions and Accountability in a Context of Poverty

About this book

Latin America's flirtation with neoliberal economic restructuring in the 1980s and 1990s (the so-called Washington Consensus strategy) had the effect of increasing income inequality throughout the region. The aim of this economic policy was in part to create the conditions for stable democracy by ensuring efficient economic use of resources, both human and capital, but the widening gap between rich and poor threatened to undermine political stability. At the heart of the dilemma faced by these new democracies is the question of accountability: Are all citizens equally capable of holding the government accountable if it does not represent their interests? In this book, Michelle Taylor-Robinson investigates both the formal institutions of democracy (such as electoral rules and the design of the legislative and executive branches) and informal institutions (such as the nomination procedures of political parties and patron-client relationships) to see what incentives legislators have to pay attention to the needs of poor people and thereby adequately represent their interests.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Tables
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1: Institutions,Poverty, and Democratic Consolidation
  8. Chapter 2: Theorizing Representation and Accountability in a Context of Poverty
  9. Chapter 3: Institutions and Poor People's Confidence in their Legislature
  10. Chapter 4: Evolution of Institutions: An Overview of Honduras's Political History
  11. Chapter 5: Institutions and Incentives in Honduras's Third-Wave Democracy
  12. Chapter 6: Institutions,Incentives, and Roles: Lgislators' Indentities About Their Job
  13. Chapter 7: Roles,Attitudes, and Actions: Does Anyone Represent Poor People?
  14. Chapter 8: Do The Poor Count in Latin American Democracies?
  15. Appendix
  16. Refrences
  17. Index
  18. Back Cover