The Political Economy of Rule Evasion and Policy Reform

<strong>The Political Economy of Rule Evasion and Policy Reform</strong> develops the logicunderlying the connections between breaking the rules and making the ... » 

The Political Economy of Rule Evasion and Policy Reform develops the logicunderlying the connections between breaking the rules and making the rules.Approaching policy issues from the point of view of rule circumvention providesa perspective that illuminates a wide variety of phenomena implicit tolerance of extensive illegal behaviour treadmills of reformdelays of major policy changes the complexity of rules potential for perverse outcomes from policy reforms corruption of enforcers tradeoffs between a rulebased and a discretionary policy.This groundbreaking new book is written in a clear readable style and isreplete with a wide variety of examples including case studies on zerotolerance policies the demise of the Soviet Union and the ongoingtransformation of firearm regulations in Britain and the US. «