1st Edition

The Political Economy of Rule Evasion and Policy Reform

By James Leitzel Copyright 2003
220 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

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 *... Read more
1. Rules and their Circumvention 2. Evasion 3. Zero Tolerance 4. Avoidance, Futility, and Reform 5. Preventive and Punitive Controls 6. Corruption 7. Evasion and the Demise of the Soviet Union 8. Gun Control

Biography

Jim Leitzel is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago