Making Rights Real: Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State
Making Rights Real: Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State
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让权利成为现实：活动家、官僚和法制国家的创建
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2010
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Charles R. Epp
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Charles R. Epp
这是一个常见的抱怨：美国充斥着束缚专业判断的规则和程序，这些规则和程序没有有效的目的，只是为了安抚法院和律师。Charles R.然而，埃普认为，很少有美国人愿意回到一个没有这些法律主义政策的时代，这些政策在20世纪70年代帮助使不服从的官僚机构与日益增长的国家对公民权利和个人尊严的承诺保持一致。围绕三个不同的政策领域-工作场所性骚扰，游乐场安全，以及美国和英国的警察暴行-埃普解释了活动家和专业人士如何使用法律的责任，诉讼产生的宣传，以及创新的管理理念来追求新权利的实施。这些战略共同产生了旨在通过复杂的规则、员工培训和管理监督使机构承担责任的框架。在解释这些做法如何在官僚组织中变得无处不在时，埃普以一种全新的视角审视了当今的法治国家。
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.