Making Rights Real: Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State - Couverture souple

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Epp, Charles R.

 
9780226211657: Making Rights Real: Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State
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ISBN 10 : 0226211657 ISBN 13 : 9780226211657
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2010

Synopsis

It’s a common complaint: the United States is overrun by rules and procedures that shackle professional judgment, have no valid purpose, and serve only to appease courts and lawyers. Charles R. Epp argues, however, that few Americans would want to return to an era without these legalistic policies, which in the 1970s helped bring recalcitrant bureaucracies into line with a growing national commitment to civil rights and individual dignity.

Focusing on three disparate policy areas—workplace sexual harassment, playground safety, and police brutality in both the United States and the United Kingdom—Epp explains how activists and professionals used legal liability, lawsuit-generated publicity, and innovative managerial ideas to pursue the implementation of new rights. Together, these strategies resulted in frameworks designed to make institutions accountable through intricate rules, employee training, and managerial oversight. Explaining how these practices became ubiquitous across bureaucratic organizations, Epp casts today’s legalistic state in an entirely new light.

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À propos de l?auteur

Charles R. Epp is University Distinguished Professor in the School of Public Affairs & Administration at the University of Kansas. He is the author of The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective; Making Rights Real: Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State; and is the co-author of Pulled Over: How Police Stops Define Race and Citizenship, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226211657
ISBN 13 
9780226211657
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
367
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Personne responsable
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9780226211640: Making Rights Real: Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State

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ISBN 10 :  0226211649 ISBN 13 :  9780226211640
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2010
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