Regulating Europe / [edited by] Giandomenico Majone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Majone, Giandomenico.

Series:

European public policy series.

European public policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trade regulation--Europe.

Trade regulation.

Independent regulatory commissions--Europe.

Independent regulatory commissions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explains how and why economic and social regulation at national/EU levels is rapidly replacing older forms of state intervention and also, to some extent, the redistributive policies of the welfare state. Includes case-studies.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Series editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Regulation and its modes; Theories of regulation; The rise of statutory regulation in Europe; The European Commission as regulator; Regulatory legitimacy in the European context: the British Health and Safety Executive; Environmental regulation and administrative reform in Britain; The law and policy of competition in Germany; Independent administrative authorities in France and the case of the French Council for Competition

Competition law and policy in Spain: implementation in an interventionist traditionThe German Federal Supervisory Authority for Insurance; The European Commission as regulator: the uncertain pursuit of the competitive market; The future of regulation in Europe; Regulatory legitimacy; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-76457-X

0-203-28227-2

1-134-76458-8

1-280-31981-X

0-203-43919-8

9780203439197

OCLC:

647377483