
The Partisan Politics of Law and Order
Georg Wenzelburger(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 21. July 2020
Book
Hardback
268 pages
978-0-19-092048-7 (ISBN)
Description
Whereas some Western democracies have turned toward substantially tougher law and order policies, others have not. How can we account for this discrepancy?
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-092048-7 (9780190920487)
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Person
Georg Wenzelburger is Professor for Policy Analysis and Political Economy at the University of Kaiserslautern. He is co-author of Reforming the Welfare State (2020), a large number of articles in peer-reviewed journal articles and multiple books in German.
Author
Professor of Political ScienceProfessor of Political Science, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
Content
Preface
Chapter One: Introduction to the partisan politics of law and order
Chapter Two: A theoretical framework of the partisan politics of law and order
Chapter Three: Patterns of law and order policies in 20 Western industrialized countries: A quantitative analysis
Chapter Four: Law and order policies and 'Third Way' Social Democrats
Chapter Five: Law and order policies and conservative parties
Chapter Six: Law and order and the risk of policy overreaction
Chapter Seven: The partisan politics of law and order
Appendix
Chapter One: Introduction to the partisan politics of law and order
Chapter Two: A theoretical framework of the partisan politics of law and order
Chapter Three: Patterns of law and order policies in 20 Western industrialized countries: A quantitative analysis
Chapter Four: Law and order policies and 'Third Way' Social Democrats
Chapter Five: Law and order policies and conservative parties
Chapter Six: Law and order and the risk of policy overreaction
Chapter Seven: The partisan politics of law and order
Appendix