The Microfoundations of Bureaucratic Outcomes

Causes and Consequences of Interpretive Disjuncture in Eviction Cases

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2245289
AutoresKyle Nelson (0000-0002-4457-1871, University of California, Los Angeles, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume68
Fascículo1
Páginas152-167
Data de publicação2021-01-18
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Problems (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/socpro/spz050
OpenAlexW2992771694
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas63

Eviction transforms landlords into plaintiffs and tenants into defendants, reframing expansive histories of housing trouble into legal problems. Researchers note high rates of default judgments against tenants, a majority of tenants without attorneys, and a disconnect between the ways that landlords and tenants understand cases. This study reveals the micro-foundations of case outcomes by explaining causes and consequences of 'interpretive disjuncture.' How does interpretive disjuncture shape case trajectories and outcomes as housing trouble transforms into an eviction lawsuit? Drawing on one year of ethnographic fieldwork in tenants' rights clinics in Los Angeles County, I follow tenants' cases back to their roots and explain how both everyday and institutional challenges shape tenants' interpretive processes as they navigate eviction

Cognitive reframing · Criminology · Ethnography · Eviction · Expansive · Law and economics · Plaintiff · Political science · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology