Do the Poor Count?: Democratic Institutions and Accountability in a Context of Poverty

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Latin The us’s flirtation with neoliberal economic restructuring in the 1980s and 1990s (the so-referred to as Washington Consensus strategy) had the effect of increasing source of revenue inequality right through the region. The aim of this economic policy was once 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 wealthy and poor threatened to undermine political stability. On the heart of the catch 22 situation 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? On 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 concentrate on the needs of poor people and thereby adequately represent their interests.

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