{"product_id":"rule-breaking-and-political-imagination-kenneth-a-shepsle-9780226473215","title":"Rule Breaking and Political Imagination","description":"\"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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So writes Kenneth A. Shepsle in his introduction to \u003ci\u003eRule Breaking and Political Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e. Institutions are thought to channel the choices of individual actors. But what about when they do not? Throughout history, leaders and politicians have used imagination and transgression to break with constraints upon their agency. Shepsle ranges from ancient Rome to the United States Senate, and from Lyndon B. Johnson to the British House of Commons. He also explores rule breaking in less formal contexts, such as vigilantism in the Old West and the CIA's actions in the wake of 9\/11. Entertaining and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eRule Breaking and Political Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e will prompt a reassessment of the nature of institutions and remind us of the critical role of political mavericks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth a. Shepsle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022647321X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226473215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2018","brand":"Kenneth a. Shepsle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440900976895,"sku":"9780226473215","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac1a30a8-a47e-4a86-8a61-bc9642096cb8.jpg?v=1777187424","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rule-breaking-and-political-imagination-kenneth-a-shepsle-9780226473215","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}