red tape

(noun)

A derisive term for regulations or bureaucratic procedures that are considered excessive or excessively time- and effort-consuming.

Related Terms

Examples of red tape in the following topics:

  • Bureaucracies and Formal Groups

    • The European Commission has a competition that offers an award for the "Best Idea for Red Tape Reduction".
    • In 2008, the European Commission held a conference entitled 'Cutting Red Tape for Europe'.
    • The "cutting of red tape" is a popular electoral and policy promise.
    • In 2008, the European Commission held a conference entitled 'Cutting Red Tape for Europe'.
    • Bundle of U.S. pension documents from 1906 bound in red tape.

  • The "McDonaldization" of Society

    • By that I mean that they deny the basic humanity, the human reason, of the people who work within or are served by them. " He further states that beyond dehumanization further irrationalities emerge; including the inefficient masses of red tape, over quantification leading to low quality work, unpredictability as employees grow unclear about what they are supposed to do, and the loss of control due to other inadequacies.

  • The Milgram Experiment: The Power of Authority

    • After the confederate was separated from the subject, the confederate set up a tape recorder integrated with the electro-shock generator, which played pre-recorded sounds for each shock level.
    • Being separated from the subject, the confederate set up a tape recorder integrated with the electro-shock generator, which played pre-recorded sounds for each shock level.

  • Analyzing Data and Drawing Conclusions

    • Of course, before researchers can code raw data such as taped interviews, they need to have a clear research question.

  • Applying Knowledge

    • AmeriCorps helps those in need through organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

  • Cultural Universals

    • Pink signifies that it is banned with exceptions; red signifies that it is banned via statute, and dark red signifies that it is a criminal offense.

  • Culture Wars

    • So-called red state/blue state maps have become popular for showing election results.
    • Some suggest that the red state/blue state divide maps the battle lines in the culture wars.

  • Visualizing multiplex relations

    • Alternatively, one can "bundle" the relations into qualitative types and represent them with a single graph using line of different colors or styles (e.g. kin tie = red; work tie = blue; kin and work tie = green).

  • Mass Hysteria

    • Hysteria is often associated with movements like the Salem Witch Trials, the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and Satanic ritual abuse, where it is better understood through the related sociological term of moral panic.

  • The Demographic Transition

    • The red line begins its rapid upward growth in stage two and begins to level off at the end of stage three.