Political Institutions and Street Protests in Latin America

Fabiana Machado, Carlos Scartascini and Mariano Tommasi

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2011, vol. 55, issue 3, 340-365

Abstract: In this article, the authors argue that where institutions are strong, actors are more likely to participate in the political process through institutionalized arenas, while where they are weak, protests and other unconventional means of participation become more appealing. The authors explore this relationship empirically by combining country-level measures of institutional strength with individual-level information on protest participation in seventeen Latin American countries. The authors find evidence that weaker political institutions are associated with a higher propensity to use alternative means for expressing preferences, that is, to protest.

Keywords: political institutions; public policies; institutional strength; protests; alternative political technologies; political party representation; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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Working Paper: Political Institutions and Street Protests in Latin America (2009)
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