Sanctions against non-deference are usually signaled rather than executed

Evidence

Teachers and policemen manifestly teach lessons in deference by example (“I’m going to make an example of you”). They will not easily let an affront to their authority remain unchallenged, since to do so would be to teach the contrary lesson, that lack of deference will not be punished. Again, lessons of this sort are usually taught subtly. Menace, threat, or punishment will more often be hinted at than carried out. — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 483

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Personnel power operates through subtle anticipatory sanctions rather than overt dismissal — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 793; Power functions through unexercised possible sanctions rather than actual coercion — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 621; Rejecting a penal order is reversible up until the verdict is announced — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1742

Broader Connections

• Power functions through unexercised possible sanctions rather than actual coercion #corroborates (0.90) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 621
• Personnel power operates through subtle anticipatory sanctions rather than overt dismissal #expands (0.85) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 793