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Institutional change in Latin America: external models and their unintended consequences

Cambio institucional en América Latina: modelos externos y sus consequencias involuntarias
Institutioneller Wandel in Lateinamerika: externe Modelle und ihre nicht intendierten Konsequenzen
[journal article]

Weyland, Kurt

Abstract

Influential theories claim that institutions shape actor behavior but are sustained by these actors' behavior. How do scholars escape from this trap of endogeneity? This article highlights a partially exogenous factor: institutional models and blueprints. Since these ideational schemes do not emerge... view more

Influential theories claim that institutions shape actor behavior but are sustained by these actors' behavior. How do scholars escape from this trap of endogeneity? This article highlights a partially exogenous factor: institutional models and blueprints. Since these ideational schemes do not emerge from actor preferences, they play an independent, irreducible role in institutional creation. In fact, Latin America has borrowed many blueprints from the "First World." But transferred to a different setting, these imported models often fail to command firm, reliable compliance and do not operate well. Therefore, informal mechanisms arise and guide behavior. External borrowing thus produces persistent disjunctures in institutional development.... view less


Teorías influyentes sostienen que las instituciones constriñen la conducta de los actores, pero a la vez son el producto de la acción estratégica de estos actores. ¿Cómo pueden escapar los académicos de esta trampa de endogeneidad? Este artículo resalta un factor parcialmente exógeno: modelos instit... view more

Teorías influyentes sostienen que las instituciones constriñen la conducta de los actores, pero a la vez son el producto de la acción estratégica de estos actores. ¿Cómo pueden escapar los académicos de esta trampa de endogeneidad? Este artículo resalta un factor parcialmente exógeno: modelos institucionales. Como estos esquemas ideacionales no emergen de las preferencias de los actores, tienen un papel independiente e irreductible en la creación de instituciones. Precisamente, América Latina ha copiado diversos modelos del "primer mundo." Sin embargo, transferidos a un escenario diferente, estos modelos importados frecuentemente no operan de forma adecuada y no logran establecer un cumplimiento firme y confiable. Entonces, mecanismos informales emergen y guían la conducta de los actores. En consecuencia, la implementación de instituciones importadas genera quiebres persistentes en el desarrollo institucional.... view less

Keywords
institutional factors; institutional change; political system; Latin America; theory of institutions

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Method
theory application; descriptive study

Free Keywords
Political Science; Political Systems; Institution Building; Ciencia Política; Sistemas Políticos; Creación de Instituciones; Latin America; 1800-2000; América Latina

Document language
English

Publication Year
2009

Page/Pages
p. 37-66

Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 1 (2009) 1

ISSN
1868-4890

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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