Argentine Democracy: The Politics of Institutional Weakness

Contents

C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments ix Acronyms xi Introduction 1 Steven Levitsky and Marı́a Victoria Murillo part i: institutions, actors, and the politics of economic reform 1 Building Castles in the Sand? The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Argentina 21 Steven Levitsky and Marı́a Victoria Murillo 2 The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy: A Transaction Cost Approach and Its Application to Argentina 45 Pablo T. Spiller and Mariano Tommasi 3 Old Actors in New Markets: Transforming the Populist/Industrial Coalition in Argentina, 1989–2001 62 Sebastián Etchemendy 4 Menem and the Governors: Intergovernmental Relations in the 1990s 88 Kent Eaton part ii: rethinking democratic institutions 5 Provincial Party Bosses: Keystone of the Argentine Congress 115 Mark P. Jones and Wonjae Hwang 6 Enduring Uncertainty: Court-Executive Relations in Argentina During the 1990s and Beyond 139 Gretchen Helmke viii Contents part iii: change and continuity in the argentine party system 7 Citizens Versus Political Class: The Crisis of Partisan Representation 165 Juan Carlos Torre 8 Crisis and Renovation: Institutional Weakness and the Transformation of Argentine Peronism, 1983–2003 181 Steven Levitsky 9 The New Iron Law of Argentine Politics? Partisanship, Clientelism, and Governability in Contemporary Argentina 207 Ernesto Calvo and Marı́a Victoria Murillo part iv: emerging patterns of civic organization and protest 10 Demanding Accountable Government: Citizens, Politicians, and the Perils of Representative Democracy in Argentina 229 Enrique Peruzzotti 11 Protest and Politics in Contemporary Argentina 250 Javier Auyero Conclusion: Theorizing About Weak Institutions: Lessons from the Argentine Case 269 Steven Levitsky and Marı́a Victoria Murillo References 291 Contributors 315 Index 319 ...