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

Table of Contents

List of Tables ix List of Abbreviations xi Acknowledgments xiii ONE Institutions, Poverty, and Democratic Consolidation 1 TWO Theorizing Representation and Accountability in a Context of Poverty 27 THREE Institutions and Poor People’s Confidence in Their Legislature 53 FOUR Evolution of Institutions: An Overview of Honduras’s Political History 75 FIVE Institutions and Incentives in Honduras’s Third-Wave Democracy 111 SIX Institutions, Incentives, and Roles: Legislators’ Identities About Their Job 127 SEVEN Roles, Attitudes, and Actions: Does Anyone Represent Poor People? 149 EIGHT Do the Poor Count in Latin American Democracies? 171 Appendix: Coding Informal Roles 199 References 205 Index 225 Contents ...