Rules and Unruliness : Canadian Regulatory Democracy, Governance, Capitalism, and Welfarism

A ground-breaking study of how governments both regulate and fail to regulate the economy and society. A critical examination of Canadian regulatory governance and politics over the past fifty years, Rules and Unruliness builds on the theory and practice of rule-making to show why government "unruliness" - the inability to form rules and implement structures for compliance - is endemic and increasing. Analyzing regulatory politics and governance in Canada from the beginning of Pierre Trudeau's era to Stephen Harper's government, the authors present a compelling argument that current regulation of the economy, business, and markets are no longer adequate to protect Canadians. They examine rules embedded in public spending programs and rules regarding political parties and parliamentary government. They also look at regulatory capitalism to elucidate how Canada and most other advanced economies can be characterized by co-governance and co-regulation between governments, corporations, and business interest groups. Bringing together literature on public policy, regulation, and democracy, Rules and Unruliness is the first major study to show how and why increasing unruliness affects not only the regulation of economic affairs, but also the social welfare state, law and order, parliamentary democracy, and the changing face of global capitalism. Cover Copyright Contents Chart and Tables Preface Abbreviations Introduction Part One Regulatory Democracy and Governance: Analytical Framework and Historical Context 1 Conceptual Foundations and Analytical Framework 2 Canadian Regulatory Democracy and Governance in Liberal and Conservative Eras 3 The Changing Ecosystem of Canadian Regulation: Ministerial-Agency Relations and Expanding Interests Part Two Six Regulatory Regimes: An Empirical Analysis 4 The Macro-Regulatory Governance Regime: Rules about Rules 5 The Economic Sectoral Regime: The Core Energy, Transportation, and Telecommunications Regulators 6 The Regulatory Regime of Social Sectors: Registered Charities, Citizenship and Immigration, and Assisted Human Reproduction Technologies 7 The Marketplace Framework Regulatory Regime: Competition, Banking and Financial Services, and Intellectual Property 8 The Societal Framework Regulatory Regime: Law and Order, Morality and Sexuality, and the Welfare State 9 The Regulatory Regime for Parliamentary Democracy: Parties, Elections, Responsible Government, and Parliament’s Watchdog Agencies 10 Rules and Unruliness in Canadian Regulatory Democracy and Governance Glossary of Major Terms References Index A critical examination of Canadian regulatory governance and politics over the years, this book builds on the theory and practice of rule-making to show why government "unruliness" - the inability to form rules and implement structures for compliance - is endemic and increasing