Political Economy of Rule Evasion and Policy Reform

<p><em>The Political Economy of Rule Evasion and Policy Reform</em> develops the logic underlying the connections between breaking the rules and making the rules. Approaching policy issues from the point of view of rule circumvention provides a perspective that illuminates a wide variety of phenomena:<br>* implicit tolerance of extensive illegal behaviour treadmills of reform delays of major policy changes<br>* the complexity of rules<br>* potential for perverse outcomes from policy reforms<br>* corruption of enforcers<br>* trade-offs between a rule-based and a discretionary policy. <br>This ground-breaking new book is written in a clear readable style and is replete with a wide variety of examples including case studies on zero tolerance policies the demise of the Soviet Union and the ongoing transformation of firearm regulations in Britain and the US.</p>