Rules, rules, rules, rules : multilevel regulatory governance / edited by G. Bruce Doern and Robert Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doern, G. Bruce, editor.

Johnson, Robert, 1968- editor.

Series:

Studies in comparative political economy and public policy

Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative procedure--Canada.

Administrative procedure.

Police power--Canada.

Police power.

Administrative agencies--Canada.

Administrative agencies.

Intergovernmental cooperation--Canada.

Intergovernmental cooperation.

Canada.

Canada--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The dynamics of multi-level regulatory governance are ever-changing, not just in a North American context, but in a global one as well. Rules, Rules, Rules, Rules, clarifies the nature, causes, and dynamics of levels of regulatory governance in, or affecting, Canada. Edited by G. Bruce Doern and Robert Johnson, this collection makes conceptual and practical contributions to the debate over what kinds of principles and institutional approaches can resolve the problems of multi-level regulatory governance. This is the first text to provide an integrated discussion of key politico-institutional issues such as smart regulation, innovation, social and economic regulatory governance, accountability and transparency in Canada through a study of the multi-level regulatory interactions that the nation must function within.Rules, Rules, Rules, Rules considers various sectors where rule-making spans all or most of the four levels of jurisdiction - international, federal, provincial, and city or local - in areas such as food safety, investment and trade, forestry, drinking water, oil and gas, and emergency management. A central argument of the collection is that the pressure to merge, collapse or rationalize levels of regulation is mainly driven by business interests, liberalized trade ideas, and related technological changes. Economic concerns about Canada's declining productivity compared to the U.S. are also discussed, as are issues of security, terrorism, and core business and economic concerns in the post-911 era.

Contents:

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

1 Multilevel Regulatory Governance: Concepts, Context, and Key Issues

Part One: Macro and Framework Regulatory Dimensions

2 Risks and Rewards: The Case for Accelerating Canada-U.S. Regulatory Cooperation

3 Regulatory Policy: The Potential for Common Federal-Provincial-Territorial-Policies on Regulation

4 Federal 'Related Science Activities' and Multilevel Regulation

5 Still between a Rock and a Hard Place: Local Government Autonomy and Regulation

6 Balancing Acts: Multilevel Regulation of Canada's Voluntary Sector

Part Two: Sectoral Regulatory Realms and Dynamics7 Multilevel Regulatory Governance of Food Safety: A Work in Progress

8 Investment, Trade, and Growth: Multilevel Regulatory Regimes in Canada

9 Forest-Sector Regulation and Communities

10 Intergovernmental Regulation and Municipal Drinking Water

11 Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Multilevel Regulatory Governance

12 The Alberta Oilpatch: Multilevel Regulation Transformed

13 Multilevel Regulatory Governance in the Health Sector

14 Regulating Risk: An Assessment of Canada's Multilevel Emergency Management Framework15 Conclusions

Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-7950-6

OCLC:

923068647