Handbook on the politics of regulation / edited by David Levi-Faur.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levi-Faur, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial policy.

Industrial laws and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (712 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique Handbook offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive, state-of-the-art reviews of the politics of regulation. It presents and discusses the core theories and concepts of regulation in response to the rise of the regulatory state and regulatory capitalism, and in the context of the 'golden age of regulation'. Its ten sections include forty nine chapters covering issues as diverse and varied as theories of regulation; historical perspectives on regulation; regulation of old and new media; rise regulation, enforcement and compliance; better regulation; civil regulation; European regu

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction

pt. 2. Theories of regulation for the age of governance

pt. 3. Historical and comparative perspectives on the regulatory state

pt. 4. Selected issues in the study of regulation

pt. 5. Regulating old and new media

pt. 6. Risk regulation

pt. 7. Politics of regulatory enforcement and compliance

pt. 8. Toward better regulation?

pt. 9. Civil regulation

pt. 10. Regulatory governance in the European Union

pt. 11. Global regulation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-45784-9

9786613457844

0-85793-611-5

OCLC:

763159354