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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799981803321

Autore

Leitzel Jim.

Titolo

The political economy of rule evasion and policy reform / / Jim Leitzel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-45797-9

0-429-22981-X

0-203-21711-X

1-134-45798-7

1-280-18206-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; ; 45

Disciplina

320.6

320/.6

Soggetti

Civil disobedience

Illegality

Policy sciences

Law and economics

Public policy (Law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-195) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Rules and their circumvention; Evasion; Zero tolerance; Avoidance, futility, and reform; Preventive and punitive controls; Corruption; Evasion and the demise of the Soviet Union; Gun control; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Political Economy of Rule Evasion and Policy Reform develops the logic underlying the connections between breaking the rules and making the rules. Approaching policy issues from the point of view of rule circumvention provides a perspective that illuminates a wide variety of phenomena:* implicit tolerance of extensive illegal behaviour, treadmills of reform, delays of major policy changes* the complexity of rules* potential for perverse outcomes from policy reforms* corruption of enforcers* trade-offs between a rule-based and a discretionary policy. This gr