Making Rhigts Real

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. This book argues! however! that few Americans would want to return to an era without these legalistic policies.

Product details

• Authors: Carles R. Epp, Charles R Epp, Charles R. Epp, EPP CHARLES R, Epp Charles R.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.2010
• EAN: 9780226211657
• ISBN: 978-0-226-21165-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Chicago Series in Law and Soci; Chicago Series in Law and Society; Chicago Series in Law & Soc.(Prev.LLD-Lang & Legal Discourse)(CHUP)
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, LAW / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Public Administration, United States of America, USA, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties