Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 59 n. 3 Rio de Janeiro jul./set. 2016
Abstract
ABSTRACT This article proposes three types of relationship between procedural institutions based on fundamental rights and informal networks in Latin America: a relationship of integration that initially supports institutional objectives before debilitating them in the long run, a relationship of overlap that intervenes and parasitically feeds off procedural institutions, and a relationship of decoupling that involves procedural institutions’ displacement from the social spaces controlled by informal networks. Methodologically, we illustrate this argument with cases extracted from literature and reinterpreted in light of the conceptual proposals present in the article. The central conclusion is that informal networks generate a strong impetus towards action that contrasts with the type of the social order promoted by fundamental rights.
Keywords: informal networks, fundamental rights, democratic institutions, Latin America, social norms
Informal Networks and Democratic Institutions in Latin America
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