Chapters in this book

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