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Regular Soybeans: Translation And Framing In The Ontological Politics Of A Coup, Kregg Hetherington
Regular Soybeans: Translation And Framing In The Ontological Politics Of A Coup, Kregg Hetherington
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This paper argues for understanding the regulation and standardization of objects as fundamentally about "adding" to those objects rather than reducing or simplifying them. The analysis is based on the ethnographic study of regulatory politics in Paraguayan soybean production over the course of two decades in which the Paraguayan state increased its regulatory capacity immensely. By looking at very different forms of regulatory intervention, it shows that each regulatory moment can best be understood as a "translation" which adds to the complexity of the objects in question by adding new actors and concerns to their circulation. This provides a more …
Beyond Bailouts: Federal Tools For Preventing State Budget Crises, Brian D. Galle, Kirk J. Stark
Beyond Bailouts: Federal Tools For Preventing State Budget Crises, Brian D. Galle, Kirk J. Stark
Indiana Law Journal
More than two years after the official end of the Great Recession, state governments still face significant budget deficits that cannot be addressed without further drastic spending cuts or substantial revenue increases. The structural origins of the ongoing state fiscal crisis are well known. Excessively procyclical revenue structures, combined with spending obligations that increase with economic downturns, have resulted in a budget dynamic for the states that is not sustainable over the long term. The consensus solution to this problem is for states to save money during boom times (via budget stabilization or “rainy day” funds) and to draw on …