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The Politics of Regulation
Institutions and Regulatory Reforms for the Age of Governance
9781845422172 Edward Elgar Publishing
This book suggests that the scope and breadth of regulatory reforms since the mid-1980s and particularly during the 1990s, are so striking that they necessitate a reappraisal of current approaches to the study of the politics of regulation. The authors call for the adoption of different and fresh perspectives to examine this area.
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This book suggests that the scope and breadth of regulatory reforms since the mid-1980s and particularly during the 1990s, are so striking that they necessitate a reappraisal of current approaches to the study of the politics of regulation. The authors call for the adoption of different and fresh perspectives to examine this area.
The contributors to this volume analyse how regulatory regimes that were once peculiar to the US and a few industries have, in recent years, come to define the best practice of governance over the world capitalist economy and over numerous social and economic sectors. They go on to suggest various explanations for the expansion of regulatory institutions, addressing some of the most critical problems and offering new methodological techniques to enable further study. The contributions also provide distinct cross-national and cross-sectoral comparative approaches, and emphasise the changes in the economic and social context of regulation and the implications of these developments on the rise of the regulatory state. These changes, together with the general advance in the study of regulation, undoubtedly demand a re-evaluation of the theory of regulation, its methodologies and scope of application.
This book is a perceptive investigation of recent evolutions in the manner and extent of governance through regulation. Scholars and students of comparative politics, public policy, regulation theory, institutional economics and political sociology will find it to be essential reading. It will also prove a valuable source of reference for those working or dealing with regulatory authorities and for business managers in private industries and services operating under a regulatory framework.
The contributors to this volume analyse how regulatory regimes that were once peculiar to the US and a few industries have, in recent years, come to define the best practice of governance over the world capitalist economy and over numerous social and economic sectors. They go on to suggest various explanations for the expansion of regulatory institutions, addressing some of the most critical problems and offering new methodological techniques to enable further study. The contributions also provide distinct cross-national and cross-sectoral comparative approaches, and emphasise the changes in the economic and social context of regulation and the implications of these developments on the rise of the regulatory state. These changes, together with the general advance in the study of regulation, undoubtedly demand a re-evaluation of the theory of regulation, its methodologies and scope of application.
This book is a perceptive investigation of recent evolutions in the manner and extent of governance through regulation. Scholars and students of comparative politics, public policy, regulation theory, institutional economics and political sociology will find it to be essential reading. It will also prove a valuable source of reference for those working or dealing with regulatory authorities and for business managers in private industries and services operating under a regulatory framework.
Contributors
Contributors: D. Geradin, F. Gilardi, N. Jabko, J. Jordana, C. Knill, A. Lenschow, D. Levi-Faur, M. Lodge, J.A. McCahery, I. McLean, A. Ogus, D. Sancho, P. Schmidt, V. Schneider, C. Scott, M. Tenbücken
Contents
Contents: Preface 1. The Politics of Regulation in the Age of Governance Part I: Theories of Regulation for the Age of Governance 2. W(h)ither the Economic Theory of Regulation? What Economic Theory of Regulation? 3. The History of Regulation in the United Kingdom: Three Case Studies in Search of a Theory 4. Institutional Change in Regulatory Policies: Regulation Through Independent Agencies and the Three New Institutionalisms 5. Regulatory Co-operation: Transcending the Regulatory Competition Debate 6. Accountability and Transparency in Regulation: Critiques, Doctrines and Instruments 7. Regulation in the Age of Governance: The Rise of the Post-Regulatory State Part II: Comparative Perspectives on the Politics of Regulation 8. Comparative Research Designs in the Study of Regulation: How to Increase the Number of Cases without Compromising the Strengths of Case-Oriented Analysis 9. The Political Foundations of the European Regulatory State 10. Modes of Regulation in the Governance of the European Union: Towards a Comprehensive Evaluation 11. Divergent Convergence: Structures and Functions of National Regulatory Authorities in the Telecommunications Sector 12. Law in the Age of Governance: Regulation, Networks and Lawyers 13. Regulatory Designs, Institutional Constellations and the Study of Regulatory State Index
