Managing Regulation Regulatory Analysis, Politics and Policy

by Lodge, Martin; Wegrich, Kai

ISBN13: 9780230298804

ISBN10: 023029880X

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Pub. Date: 2012-08-07

Publisher(s): Red Globe Pr

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Summary

This major new text assesses the main theoretical approaches and applies them to understanding real-world regulatory problems, encouraging students and practitioners in public management to think critically and creatively about the different tools available to them.

Author Biography

Martin Lodge is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Kai Wegrich is Professor of Public Policy and Administration at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany.

List of Tables and Figures	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Why is regulation on the agenda now?	p. 2
Why a focus on regulatory analysis?	p. 6
Looking at Amnesia's regulatory problems	p. 9
Overview	p. 10
What is Regulation?	p. 12
What is a regulatory burden?	p. 12
Who regulates?	p. 16
Why regulate?	p. 18
Conclusion	p. 25
Theories of Regulation	p. 27
Four responses	p. 27
Position 1: Regulation as a product of capture and interest group politics	p. 29
Position 2: Regulation as a product of unintended consequences and inevitable 'wear-out'	p. 33
Position 3: Regulation as a product of dominant ideas and worldviews	p. 36
Position 4: Regulation as a product of institutional design	p. 39
Conclusion	p. 46
Standard-setting	p. 47
Standard-setting: searching for good regulation	p. 47
Alternative regulatory dogs' dinners?	p. 55
Rules versus principles	p. 60
Technology-, performance- and management-based standards	p. 63
Conclusion	p. 69
Enforcement	p. 71
What is enforcement?	p. 71
Core questions	p. 73
Deterrence versus persuasion	p. 76
Developing mixed strategies	p. 80
Amnesian food safety	p. 91
Conclusion: no, we can't?	p. 93
Alternatives to Classical Regulation	p. 96
Classical regulation and its limitations	p. 96
Variants of classical regulation	p. 100
Variants of self-regulation	p. 102
Marked-based alternatives	p. 106
Architecture and nudging	p. 112
A la carte regulation?	p. 116
Conclusion	p. 119
Regulation Inside Government	p. 120
What is regulation inside government?	p. 120
The problem with regulation inside government	p. 123
The public management of regulation inside government	p. 126
Going inside: limits of competing control strategies	p. 129
Conclusion: 'don't go to jail' cards in regulation inside government	p. 135
International Regulation	p. 137
Why have international regulation?	p. 137
Variations in international regulatory regimes	p. 143
Regime choice and design of control	p. 149
Varieties in international regulatory regimes	p. 155
Regulating Infrastructure Industries	p. 156
What is so special about infrastructure industries?	p. 156
Industry structure	p. 160
Regulatory agencies	p. 169
Amnesia's choices	p. 173
Conclusion	p. 175
Concessions and Franchising	p. 178
Introduction	p. 178
Why have franchises?	p. 179
How to allocate franchises	p. 182
Monitoring, enforcing and terminating franchises	p. 186
Frenezia's choices	p. 189
Conclusion	p. 190
Better Regulation	p. 192
What is 'better regulation'?	p. 192
Putting 'better regulation' tools to work	p. 195
Tool combinations and interaction	p. 211
Governing 'better regulation'	p. 214
Conclusion	p. 219
Risk and Regulation	p. 221
Introduction	p. 221
Choices in risk regulation regimes	p. 227
Risk regulation: managing risk assessment and management	p. 231
Conclusion: regulating risks	p. 237
What is Good Regulation?	p. 239
Introduction	p. 239
Orthodox answers - and questions	p. 240
Contested routes towards good regulation	p. 246
Regulatory state deficits and debates	p. 248
The value of regulatory analysis	p. 251
Bibliography	p. 254
Index	p. 273
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