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The partisan politics of law and order / Georg Wenzelburger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wenzelburger, Georg, author.
- Series:
- Studies in crime and public policy.
- Studies in crime and public policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political parties--Case studies.
- Political parties.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- The comparative study of law and order policies has mostly overlooked partisan politics 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 context of a political system. Moreover, path dependencies tend to freeze these effects over a certain period of time creating positive feedback dynamics.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-092050-5
- 0-19-092051-3
- 0-19-092049-1
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