The Regulatory State in an Age of Governance : Soft Words and Big Sticks

This is a highly readable and comprehensive account of the regulatory state and governance. It examines both key concepts and theories and important policy domains, and utilises comparative, historical and transnational perspectives. A critical theme is consideration of whether the regulatory state that has developed in recent decades, often as an accompaniment to marketization public policies, is an authoritarian or a liberalizing mode of governance. This Is A Highly Readable And Comprehensive Account Of The Regulatory State In An Age Of Multi-level Governance. Argued As A Successor To The Failed Welfare And Keynesian State Forms Of The Mid-to-late Twentieth Century, The Book Examines The Regulatory State From Comparative And Historical Perspectives, And Explores Key Concepts, Theories And Policy Domains. It Looks Closely At Its Relationship With The Growth Of Marketized Public Policies And Discusses Whether The Regulatory State Is Essentially A Controlling Or A Liberating Form Of Governance. Regulation As A Mode Of Governance -- The Development Of The Regulatory State In The Uk -- Governance In The Regulatory State -- The European Regulatory State -- Transnational Regulatory Governance -- Higher Education : The Ambiguous Regulatory State -- Healthcare : The Insuring Regulatory State -- Accountancy And Law : The Private Regulatory State -- Conclusion. Roger King. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 214-222) And Index. This is a highly readable and comprehensive account of the regulatory state and governance. It examines both key concepts and theories and important policy domains, and utilizes comparative, historical and transnational perspectives. A critical theme is consideration of whether the regulatory state that has developed in recent decades. This is a highly readable and comprehensive account of the regulatory state in an age of multi-level governance. Argued as a successor to the failed welfare and Keynesian state forms of the mid-to-late twentieth century, the book examines the regulatory state from comparative and historical perspectives, and explores key concepts, theories and policy domains. It looks closely at its relationship with the growth of marketized public policies and discusses whether the regulatory state is essentially a controlling or a liberating form of governance Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Preface......Page 10 Part I: Analysing the Regulatory State......Page 18 1 Regulation as a Mode of Governance......Page 20 2 The Development of the Regulatory State in the UK......Page 51 3 Governance in the Regulatory State......Page 80 4 The European Regulatory State......Page 110 5 Transnational Regulatory Governance......Page 140 Part II: The Different Worlds of the Regulatory State: Policy Domains in the UK......Page 166 6 Higher Education: The Ambiguous Regulatory State......Page 168 7 Healthcare: The Insuring Regulatory State......Page 184 8 Accountancy and Law: The Private Regulatory State......Page 205 9 Conclusion......Page 225 Bibliography......Page 231 D......Page 240 H......Page 241 M......Page 242 Q......Page 243 U......Page 244 W......Page 245 "This is a highly readable and comprehensive account of the regulatory state in an age of multi-level governance. Argued as a successor to the failed welfare and Keynesian state forms of the mid-to-late twentieth century, the book examines the regulatory state from comparative and historical perspectives, and explores key concepts, theories and policy domains. It looks closely at its relationship with the growth of marketized public policies and discusses whether the regulatory state is essentially a controlling or a liberating form of governance."--BOOK JACKET Presents an account of the regulatory state and governance. This book examines both key concepts and theories, and important policy domains, and utilizes comparative, historical and transnational perspectives. It questions whether the regulatory state that has developed over the decades is an authoritarian or a liberalizing mode of governance.