Oxford University Press, USA
The Partisan Politics of Law and Order
Key Metrics
- Georg Wenzelburger
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Hardcover
- 9780190920487
- 8.3 X 5.7 X 1 inches
- 0.95 pounds
- Political Science > Public Policy - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
In The Partisan Politics of Law and Order, Georg Wenzelburger argues that partisan politics have shaped the development of law and order policies in Western countries over the past twenty-five years. Wenzelburger establishes an integrated framework based on issue competition, institutional context, and policy feedback as the driving factors shaping penal policy. Using a large-scale quantitative analysis of twenty Western industrialized countries covering the period from 1995 to 2012, supplemented by case studies in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Sweden, Wenzelburger presents robust empirical evidence for the central role of political parties in law-and-order policy-making.
By demonstrating how the configuration of party systems and institutional context affect law and order policies, this book addresses an understudied but key dynamic in penal legislation. The argument and evidence presented here will be of interest to political scientists, sociologists, criminologists, and criminal justice scholars.
Videos
No Videos
Community reviews
Write a ReviewNo Community reviews