Rule Breaking and Political Imagination

by Kenneth A. Shepsle

Book Overview

"Imagination may be thought of as a 'work-around.' It is a resourceful tactic to 'undo' a rule by creating a path around it without necessarily defying it. . . . Transgression, on the other hand, is rule breaking. There is no pretense of reinterpretation; it is defiance pure and simple. Whether imagination or disobedience is the source, constraints need not constrain, ties need not bind."

So writes Kenneth A. Shepsle in his introduction to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022647318X
• ISBN13: 9780226473185
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.7"