Quinn Mulroy

Gebundenes Buch

Agents of Justice

How the American Bureaucracy Mobilizes Private Lawsuits to Make Policy Work

Beschreibung

Agents of Justice chronicles the key role played by agencies in shaping the development of the "litigation state": the American phenomenon of policy enforcement by private litigation. Quinn Mulroy argues that this enforcement strategy is very much by design, exploring how civil rights and environmental agencies established during the rights revolution developed creative strategies for mobilizing litigation by private individuals. The book examines how and when agency officials, acting as agents of justice, divert their attention and resources to helping level the playing field for private plaintiffs seeking to protect their rights through the legal system--ultimately transferring regulatory authority from the bureaucracy to the courts.

Autor

Quinn Mulroy is Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and (by courtesy) Political Science at Northwestern University. Her research examines the political development of rights policies, focusing on how ideas and conceptions of what equal opportunity means in the US are reshaped in policy implementation processes over time. She was previously an assistant professor at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University and her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 168mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780190942588
• ISBN-10: 0190942584
• Artikelnr.: 68214326