Executive Politics and Governance: The Chronic Case of Prison Crowding

Bastow, S.

Public policy systems often sustain chronic capacity stress (CCS) meaning they neither excel nor fail in what they do, but do both in ways that are somehow manageable and acceptable. This book is about one archetypal case of CCS – crowding in the British prison system – and how we need a more integrated theoretical understanding of its complexity.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349450077

DOI: 10.1057/9781137289162

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 278