The British Regulatory State
High Modernism and Hyper-Innovation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6322346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leon D Epstein (University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 191-192 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s153759270555014x |
| OpenAlex | W2144973615 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The British Regulatory State: High Modernism and Hyper-Innovation. By Michael Moran. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 256p. $65.00. Drawing on experienced scholarly observation, Michael Moran has written a strikingly critical evaluation of Britain's recent development of state regulatory authority. Its now legalistic form more nearly resembles the long-prevalent American pattern. Perhaps the British development would seem to follow from the privatization of industries in the last two decades of the twentieth century. Enterprises like railroads, telecommunications, and electricity are no longer government corporations but privately owned “public utilities,” to use the American term for businesses especially affected by the public interest. For Moran, however, other forces also help account for the growth of regulation in Britain. He persuasively argues that legal regulatory authority has also been extended to several enterprises not previously nationalized and then privatized
Art history · Economic history · Economics · Government (linguistics · Modernism (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Regulatory authority · Regulatory state · Sociology · State (computer science · History · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal principles and applications · Public Administration · Regulation and Compliance Studies
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |