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Bureaucracy -- United States.
Administrative procedure -- United States.
Government paperwork -- United States.
Paperwork (Office practice) -- United States.
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Sunstein, Cass R.
Bureaucracy -- United States.
Administrative procedure -- United States.
Government paperwork -- United States.
Paperwork (Office practice) -- United States.
MARC Display
Sludge
:
what
stops
us
from
getting
things
done
and
what
to
do
about
it / Cass R. Sunstein.
by
Sunstein, Cass R.
The MIT Press, 2021.
Call #:
353.01 S958s
Subjects
Bureaucracy -- United States.
Administrative procedure -- United States.
Government paperwork -- United States.
Paperwork (Office practice) -- United States.
ISBN:
9780262045780 (hc.)
Alternate title:
What
stops
us
from
getting
things
done
and
what
to
do
about
it
Description:
xii, 153 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"How we became so burdened by red tape and unnecessary paperwork, and why we must
do
better. We've all had to fight our way through administrative sludge--filling out complicated online forms, mailing in paperwork, standing in line at the motor vehicle registry. This kind of red tape is a nuisance, but, as Cass Sunstein shows in '
Sludge
,' it can also also impair health, reduce growth, entrench poverty, and exacerbate inequality. Confronted by
sludge
, people just give up -- and lose a promised outcome: a visa, a job, a permit, an educational opportunity, necessary medical help. In this lively and entertaining look at the terribleness of
sludge
, Sunstein explains
what
we can
do
to reduce it. Because of
sludge
, Sunstein, explains, too many people don't receive benefits to which they are entitled.
Sludge
even prevents many people from exercising their constitutional rights--when, for example, barriers to voting in an election are too high. (A
Sludge
Reduction Act would be a Voting Rights Act.) Sunstein takes readers on a tour of the not-so-wonderful world of
sludge
, describes justifications for certain kinds of
sludge
, and proposes
Sludge
Audits as a way to measure the effects of
sludge
. On balance, Sunstein argues,
sludge
infringes on human dignity, making people feel that their time and even their lives don't matter. We must
do
better."--From publisher.
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