Breaking the Rules: Bureaucracy and Reform in Public Housing

by Jon Pynoos

Book Overview

This is a study of how a bureaucracy allocates a commodity or a service- in this case, public housing. In the broadest sense, it seeks to understand how bureaucrats try to resolve two often conflicting goals of regulatory justice: equity (treating like cases alike on the basis of rules) and respon- siveness (making exceptions for persons whose needs require that rules be stretched). It analyzes the extent to which such factors as bureaucratic norms,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461293014
• ISBN13: 9781461293019
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"