The partisan politics of law and order /
"The comparative study of law and order policies as a possible explanation of differences between Western nations. Filling this gap in the literature, this book argues theoretically and substantiates empirically that law and order policies are heavily affected by partisan politics. By means of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newyork :
Oxford University Publication,
[2020]
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| Series: | Studies in crime and public policy.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The comparative study of law and order policies as a possible explanation of differences between Western nations. Filling this gap in the literature, this book argues theoretically and substantiates empirically that law and order policies are heavily affected by partisan politics. By means of a large-N analysis of spending data and a new dataset on law and order legislation as well as four in-depth case studies, the empirical evidence shows that party competition and the party ideology of governments do affect policies--depending on the institutional contest of a political system. Moreover, path dependencies tend to freeze these effects over a certain period of time creating positive feedback dynamics." |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190920517 0190920513 9780190920494 0190920491 9780190920500 0190920505 |