Red tape
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This article is about the idiom referring to excessive bureaucratic regulation. For other uses, see Red tape (disambiguation).
American Civil War "Red Tape" binding redeemed Confederate States of America bond coupons
One definition is the "collection or sequence of forms and procedures required to gain bureaucratic approval for something, especially when oppressively complex and time-consuming".[1] Another definition is the "bureaucratic practice of hair splitting or foot dragging, blamed by its practitioners on the system that forces them to follow prescribed procedures to the letter".[2]
Red tape generally includes filling out paperwork, obtaining licenses, having multiple people or committees approve a decision and various low-level rules that make conducting one's affairs slower, more difficult, or both. Red tape can also include "filing and certification requirements, reporting, investigation, inspection and enforcement practices, and procedures".[3]
Origins
Bundle of US pension documents from 1906 bound in red tape
It is generally believed that the term originated with the Spanish administration of Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, in the early 16th century, who started to use red tape in an effort to modernize the administration that was running his vast empire. The red tape was used to bind the most important administrative dossiers that required immediate discussion by the Council of State, and separate them from issues that were treated in an ordinary administrative way, which were bound with ordinary string.[4]
Most of the red tapes arriving at the Council of State were manufactured in the city of 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, because most of the important dossiers came from the Low Countries (present-day Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg which at that time also belonged to the Spanish Habsburg dynasty) and the Holy Roman Empire (mainly present-day Germany). The Spanish name for red tape "balduque" was derived from the Spanish translation of the city of 's-Hertogenbosch French name Bois-le-Duc, which is "Bolduque".
Although they were not governing such a vast territory as Charles V, this practice of using red tape to separate the important dossiers that had to be discussed, was quickly copied by the other modern European monarchs to speed up their administrative machines.
In this age of civil servants using computers and information technology, a legacy from the administration of the Spanish Empire can still be observed where some parts of the higher levels of the Spanish administration continue the tradition of using red tape to bind important dossiers that need to be discussed and to keep them bound in red tape when the dossier is closed. This is, for example, the case for the Spanish Council of State, the supreme consultative council of the Spanish Government. In contrast, the lower Spanish courts use ordinary twine to bundle documents as their cases are not supposed to be heard at higher levels. The Spanish Government plans[when?]to phase out the use of paper and abandon the practice of using twine.
The tradition continued through to the 17th and 18th century. Charles Dickens, in David Copperfield wrote, "Britannia, that unfortunate female, is always before me, like a trussed fowl: skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape". The English practice of binding documents and official papers with red tape was popularized in Thomas Carlyle's[5] writings, protesting against official inertia with expressions like "Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence". To this day, most defense barristers' briefs, and those from private clients, are tied in a pink-coloured ribbon known as "pink tape" or "legal tape".
Even in modern times, Spanish bureaucracy is notorious for unusually extreme levels of red tape (in the figurative sense).[6] As of 2013, the World Bank ranked Spain 136 out of 185 countries for ease of starting a business, which took on average 10 procedures and 28 days.[7] Similar issues persist throughout Latin America.[6][8] As of 2009 in Mexico, it took six months and a dozen visits to government agencies to obtain a permit to paint a house,[9] and to obtain a monthly prescription for gamma globulin for X-linked agammaglobulinemia, a patient had to obtain signatures from two government doctors and stamps from four separate bureaucrats before presenting the prescription to a dispensary.[10]
Red tape reduction
The "cutting of red tape" - meaning a reduction of bureaucratic obstacles to action.Business representatives often claim red tape is a barrier to business, particularly small business. In Canada, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business[11] has done extensive research[12] into the impact of red tape on small businesses.
The European Commission has a competition that offers an award for the "Best Idea for Red Tape Reduction". The competition is "aimed at identifying innovative suggestions for reducing unnecessary bureaucracy stemming from European law".[13] In 2008, the European Commission held a conference entitled 'Cutting Red Tape for Europe'. The goal of the conference was "reducing red tape and overbearing bureaucracy," in order to help "business people and entrepreneurs improve competitiveness".[citation needed]
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Red Tape (engl. für Amtsschimmel, also übertriebene oder unsinnige Bürokratie).
Amtsschimmel
Skulptur Amtsschimmel von Blasius Spreng am Heilbronner Rathaus
Mögliche Herleitungen
Woher das Wort stammt, ist strittig. Folgende drei Herleitungen des Begriffs werden genannt:[1]- Herleitung von Simile, einem in der österreichischen Monarchie gebräuchlichen Musterentscheid (von lat. similis ‚ähnlich‘). Mit Hilfe dieses Standard-Vordrucks ließen sich ähnlich lautende Anliegen schematisch und zügiger erledigen; Beamte, die nur nach Muster vorgingen, wurden als „Similereiter“ bezeichnet. Die Verwendung des Terminus simile für das „schimmelmäßige“ immer gleichartige Zitat von Vorgaben ist aber bereits seit der Hochromanik dokumentiert und spiegelt sich zum Beispiel in architektonischen, nahezu einheitlichen Gestaltungsvorgaben für Kirchen und Klöstern als auch in Handschriften wider.[2]
- Aus dem schweizerischen Sprachgebrauch: „auf dem obrigkeitlichen Schimmel herumreiten“ – im 19. Jahrhundert wurden amtliche Akten in der Schweiz von berittenen Amtsboten zugestellt.
- Bezeichnung für den Schimmelpilz auf alten Aktendeckeln, beziehungsweise für den Staub auf alten Akten, der wie Schimmel aussieht.
Verwendung
Nach Melchior Kirchhofer (1824) war die Redewendung „Auf dem obrigkeitlichen Schimmel herumreiten“ sprichwörtlich und er erklärt sie damit, dass Dienstpferde in der Schweiz ehemals häufig zu Privatritten verwendet wurden.[4] Mit Bezug auf Kirchhofer, aber nun in der Gestalt „Jedermann will den Amtsschimmel reiten“, erscheint die Redewendung bei Josua Eiselein (1838).[5] Ohne weitere Erläuterung steht sie bei Karl Simrock (1846).[6]Im 20. Jahrhundert wurde der Begriff „Amtsschimmel“ in den Redensarten „den Amtsschimmel reiten“ (in der Bedeutung 'sich bürokratisch verhalten') und „der Amtsschimmel wiehert (trabt, braucht wieder Futter)“ (in der Bedeutung 'es herrscht die Bürokratie') verwendet.[7]
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| NOUN | red tape [excessive bureaucracy] | - | ||
| SYNO | bureaucratic procedure | red tape | ||
- red tape {adj}
- bürokratischadmin.
- red tape
- Bürokratie {f}admin.
Papierkrieg {m}admin.
Amtsschimmel {m} [ugs.]admin.
Verwaltungsbürokratie {f}admin. - red tape [fig.]
- Behördenkram {m} [ugs.]admin.
- without red tape {adv}
- unbürokratisch
- cutting red tape
- Bürokratieabbau {m}admin.
- departmental red tape
- Ministerialbürokratie {f}pol.
- to battle with red tape
- sich mit der Bürokratie abplagenadmin.
sich mit der Bürokratie herumschlagenadmin. - It's red tape all the way!
- Der Amtsschimmel wiehert! [ugs.]admin.idiom
- until the red tape is processed [coll.]
- bis alle Formalitäten erledigt sind
- to be a stickler for red tape
- den Amtsschimmel reiten [ugs.]idiom
red tape Substantiv [ugs.]
Beispiele:
departmental red tape n—
Ministerialbürokratie fDefinition of red tape for Students
- rules and regulations that seem unnecessary and prevent things from being done quickly and easily <governmental red tape>
Simple Definition of red tape
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: a series of actions or complicated tasks that seem unnecessary but that a government or organization requires you to do in order to get or do something
red tape
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The collection or sequence of forms and procedures required to gain bureaucratic approval for something, especially when oppressively complex and time-consuming.
[From its former use in tying British official documents.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.red tape
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obstructive official routine or procedure; time-consuming bureaucracy[C18: from the red tape used to bind official government documents]Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
n.bureaucratic routine required before official action can be taken.http://www.thefreedictionary.com/red+tape
Red tape: excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
Origin of red tape
1730-40; after the red tape used to tie official documentsRelated forms
redtapism, noun
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Examples from the Web for red tape
Contemporary Examples-
Merely acquiring a mobile-phone account remains an exercise in red tape and graft.
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Back then, red tape kept even crucial projects from getting fast-tracked.
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But Rogers said the new policy is instead a new level of red tape that has paralyzed the U.S. military and intelligence community.
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“In music, I know what the red tape involved is going to be,” he says.
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The abortion battleground is becoming a fight over reams of red tape.
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Don't try to cut the red tape for another visit after the trial opens.The Trial of Callista Blake Edgar Pangborn
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What is called " red tape " stood in the way of prompt action.Stories Of Georgia Joel Chandler Harris
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He cut through the red tape of the transport service, red tape that had been annoying even the established hospitals.Young Hilda at the Wars Arth
British Dictionary definitions for red tape: obstructive official routine or procedure; time-consuming bureaucracy
Word Origin: from the red tape used to bind official government documentsWord Origin and History for red tape
"excessive bureaucratic rigmarole," 1736, in reference to the red tape formerly used in Great Britain (and the American colonies) for binding up legal and other official documents, mentioned from 1690s.red tape in Culturered tape definition
Bureaucratic procedures that delay progress: “Paula had hoped to settle the inheritance quickly but got caught up in a lot of red tape.”red tape definition
Administrative procedures, especially in a bureaucracy, that are marked by complexity and delay: “Red tape delayed his passport.”Slang definitions & phrases for red tapered tape
noun phraseDelay and complication; ureaucrati routine; petty officious procedure[1736+; fr the tape used for tying up legal and official documents]Idioms and Phrases with red tapered tape
Official forms and procedures, especially those that are complex and time-consuming. For example, There's so much red tape involved in approving our remodeling that we're tempted to postpone it indefinitely. This expression alludes to the former British custom of tying up official documents with red ribbon. [Early 1800s ]http://www.dictionary.com/browse/red-tapeEnglish
Bundle of US pension documents from 1906 bound in red tapeEtymology
- Thought to allude to the former practice of binding government documents in red-coloured tape
Noun
red tape (uncountable)
- The binding tape once used for holding important documents together. [quotations ▼]
- (idiomatic) Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.
- All the red tape and paperwork that goes on there prevents any progress.
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