Making Rights Real : Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State Hardback
by Charles R. Epp
Part of the Chicago Series in Law and Society series
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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 in 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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:01/02/2010
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- ISBN:9780226211640
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:01/02/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780226211640
