| Policy-Timing Nach 9/11: Die Strategische Nutzung Politischer Zeit Contributor(s): Riedl, Jasmin (Author) |
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ISBN: 3848714973 ISBN-13: 9783848714971 Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft OUR PRICE: $52.47 Product Type: Paperback Language: German Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Series: Policy Analyse |
| Physical Information: (2.99 lbs) 243 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Political actors develop temporal action strategies to pursue policy preferences. They try to apply a dual timing strategy for initiating reforms: actors use time periods to keep options for actions open, and they make targeted choices of points in time for decision-making. Hence, policy timing means the strategic use of time; it is less dependent on focusing events as argued by leading policy theories. This publication tests that alternative action-theoretical concept by means of two case studies of Inner Security reforms which were adopted after September 11, 2001: the abolition of the religion privilege from the Law of Association, and the legitimation of the IMSI-Catcher as an investigative tool used by intelligence services and law enforcement authorities. On the basis of these least-likely cases, it is shown that even here, political processes are structured by the cost and benefit expectations of political actors, and less so by exogenous events such as 9/11. |