Independent Regulatory Bodies and Impossible Jobs
The Failure of German Public Service Broadcasting Regulation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10393111 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H E Meier (0000-0002-5852-4814, Institut für Tier-, Natur- und Umweltethik, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 133-148 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3298 • E-ISSN: 1467-9299 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00697.x |
| OpenAlex | W1970243838 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 27 |
This case study takes the rise and fall of licence fee indexation within German public service regulation as an example and traces mechanisms of re‐politicization of independent regulatory agencies (IRAs). According to the evidence, agency contestation is likely when: (1) administrative cultures result in incoherencies in institutional design; (2) IRAs deal with redistribution; (3) conflicts about principles of regulation persist; (4) IRAs pursue one particular regulatory ideology; (5) controversial regulatory output is highly visible; and (6) affected interests are not given a say. The article points to the relevance of new regulatory technologies that are likely to embody regulatory bias. Moreover, it seems that successful contestation of IRAs requires the conjunction of escalating factors. Nevertheless, such contestation might not result in a return to old modes of command and control
Agency (philosophy · Economics · Economy · German · Ideology · Law and economics · Political science · Public broadcasting · Public service · Redistribution (election · Regulatory state · Relevance (law · Service (business · Sociology · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Public Administration and Political Analysis · Regulation and Compliance Studies
Effects of Public Sector Reforms on the Management of Cultural Organizations in Europe
Aggregation as the Remedy for the Decline of Niche Sports Broadcasting
Advancing comparative studies in political communication research
Broadcasting and market-driven politics in the UK and Germany
Policy streams and public service media funding reforms in Germany and Finland
Going by the book
Regulating Business by Independent Commission
Nonmajoritarian Institutions and the Limits of Democratic Governance
Regulatory Contracts and Stakeholder Regulation
Beyond Convergence
Distributed Public Governance in Britain
The Institutional Foundations of Regulatory Capitalism
Culture and Consumerism
The public policy of the European Union
Regulation after delegation
Distributed public governance in the European Union
Challenges to Public Television in the Era of Convergence and Commercialization
Theory and Practice of Delegation to Non-Majoritarian Institutions
Institutional Choice and Bureaucratic Autonomy in Germany
The Politics of Agency Termination
Monomaniacs or Schizophrenics
From the Positive to the Regulatory State
Policy credibility and delegation to independent regulatory agencies
The Risk Game and the Blame Game
The New Governance of Markets and Non-Majoritarian Regulators
Governance’ as a bridge between disciplines
The Adverse Consequences of the Politics of Agency Design for Presidential Management in the United States
The Global Diffusion of Regulatory Capitalism
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |