Rule Breaking and Political Imagination - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rule Breaking and Political Imagination write by Kenneth A. Shepsle. This book was released on 2017-09-01. Rule Breaking and Political Imagination available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Imagination may be thought of as a ‘work-around.’ It is a resourceful tactic to ‘undo’ a rule by creating a path around it without necessarily defying it. . . . Transgression, on the other hand, is rule breaking. There is no pretense of reinterpretation; it is defiance pure and simple. Whether imagination or disobedience is the source, constraints need not constrain, ties need not bind.” So writes Kenneth A. Shepsle in his introduction to Rule Breaking and Political Imagination. Institutions are thought to channel the choices of individual actors. But what about when they do not? Throughout history, leaders and politicians have used imagination and transgression to break with constraints upon their agency. Shepsle ranges from ancient Rome to the United States Senate, and from Lyndon B. Johnson to the British House of Commons. He also explores rule breaking in less formal contexts, such as vigilantism in the Old West and the CIA’s actions in the wake of 9/11. Entertaining and thought-provoking, Rule Breaking and Political Imagination will prompt a reassessment of the nature of institutions and remind us of the critical role of political mavericks.
Conspiracy Theories and the People who Believe Them
Conspiracy Theories and the People who Believe Them - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Conspiracy Theories and the People who Believe Them write by Joseph E. Uscinski. This book was released on 2019. Conspiracy Theories and the People who Believe Them available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Conspiracy theories are inevitable in complex human societies. And while they have always been with us, their ubiquity in our political discourse is nearly unprecedented. Their salience has increased for a variety of reasons including the increasing access to information among ordinary people, a pervasive sense of powerlessness among those same people, and a widespread distrust of elites. Working in combination, these factors and many other factors are now propelling conspiracy theories into our public sphere on a vast scale. In recent years, scholars have begun to study this genuinely important phenomenon in a concerted way. In Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them, Joseph E. Uscinski has gathered forty top researchers on the topic to provide both the foundational tools and the evidence to better understand conspiracy theories in the United States and around the world. Each chapter is informed by three core questions: Why do so many people believe in conspiracy theories? What are the effects of such theories when they take hold in the public? What can or should be done about the phenomenon? Combining systematic analysis and cutting-edge empirical research, this volume will help us better understand an extremely important, yet relatively neglected, phenomenon.
Political Institutions, Party Politics and Communication in Ghana
Political Institutions, Party Politics and Communication in Ghana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Political Institutions, Party Politics and Communication in Ghana write by Joseph R. A. Ayee. This book was released on . Political Institutions, Party Politics and Communication in Ghana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Politics of Federal Prosecution
The Politics of Federal Prosecution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Federal Prosecution write by Christina L. Boyd. This book was released on 2021-01-01. The Politics of Federal Prosecution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Federal prosecutors have immense power and discretion to decide when to bring criminal charges, what plea bargains to offer, and how to implement the federal government's legal priorities in their districts. While U.S. Attorneys take pains to emphasize their independence, we know relatively little about the extent to which politics colors federal prosecutorial staffing and decision making. The Politics of Federal Prosecution draws upon a wealth of data from 1990s to the present to examine the interplay of political factors and federal prosecution. First, the authors find that congressional and presidential politics affect who becomes federal prosecutors and how long those individuals serve. Second, the book demonstrates that signals of presidential and congressional preferences, along with local priorities, affect key prosecutorial decisions: whether to bring prosecutions, how to approach plea bargaining negotiations, and when to utilize criminal asset forfeiture to cripple criminal activities. In short, the book demonstrates that politics affects the behavior of U.S. Attorneys at nearly every stage of their service.
Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice
Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice write by Gregory Shaffer. This book was released on 2020-07-02. Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Hard and soft law developed by international and regional organizations, transgovernmental networks, and international courts increasingly shape rules, procedures, and practices governing criminalization, policing, prosecution, and punishment. This dynamic calls into question traditional approaches that study criminal justice from a predominantly national perspective, or that dichotomize the study of international from national criminal law. Building on socio-legal theories of transnational legal ordering, this book develops a new approach for studying the interaction between international and domestic criminal law and practice. Distinguished scholars from different disciplines apply this approach in ten case studies of transnational legal ordering that address transnational crimes such as money laundering, corruption, and human trafficking, international crimes such as mass atrocities, and human rights abuses in law enforcement. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of the changing transnational nature of criminal justice policymaking and practice in today's globalized world.
