Regulation, the Regulatory State and European Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8041985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Lodge (0000-0002-4273-6118, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 280-301 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402380701835074 |
| OpenAlex | W2116542841 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 61 |
| References cited | 66 |
For the past 15 years or so, the claim of a rise of the regulatory state in Europe has been a dominant theme in public policy research. This paper critically reflects on this claim and the associated scholarship by considering four key questions. First, what is the significance of the supposed rise of the regulatory state for the state in Europe and how can this trend be explained? Second, what insights have been gained from the study of phenomena associated with the regulatory state, both in terms of EU and national levels of government as well as in terms of process and organisational understandings of policy analysis? Third, does the regulatory state represent a stable arrangement or does it suffer from its own peculiar dilemmas that fundamentally affect the nature of European states? Fourth, and finally, this article develops three scenarios – those of withering away, plodding along, and rejuvenation – for the future of the (study of the) regulatory state in Europe
Economic system · Economics · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Regulatory state · Scholarship · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Regulation and Compliance Studies
Understanding Regulation
The platform governance triangle
Planning, regulation and space standards in England
The socio-political ties of expert bodies. How to reconcile the independence requirement of reliable expertise and the responsiveness requirement of democratic governance
The impact of participatory policy formulation on regulatory legitimacy
Customer engagement in UK water regulation
Exploring effects of coordination on the autonomy of regulators
Alitalia, or the inability to align regulation with industrial policies
Conceptualizing the above ground factors in shale gas
Design‐Based Politicization in Non‐Majoritarian Institutions
Beyond the regulatory state
The dynamics of European regulatory regimes in higher education — Challenged prerogatives and evolutionary change
Policy transfer, neo-liberalism or coercive institutional isomorphism? Explaining the emergence of a regulatory regime for quality assurance in the Hong Kong higher education sector
The Continuing Importance of State‐owned Enterprise in the Twenty‐first Century
The EU as catalytic state? Rethinking European climate and energy governance
Soft power with a hard edge
Part Hare, Part Tortoise – Explaining patterns in Norwegian public utilities reforms 1990–2010
British utility regulation
Regulation flexibility and legitimacy building in governing intercity railways
Power, authority and security
EU Studies and the ‘New Regionalism’
European Union Agencies’ Vertical Relationships with the Member States
Private authority in tackling cross-border issues. The hidden path of integrating European energy markets
Changing Frames of Reference and Regulatory Structures
European Union and Health Policy
Better Regulation in Europe
Economic Rationales, Learning, and Regulatory Policy Instruments
The Welfare State
Autonomy and Reregulation
Governance modes, policy regimes and operational plans
Explaining why public officials perceive interest groups as influential
Industrial policies at a time of liberalization
Trends in the performance of arms‐length agencies in the Government of Canada
The Political Economy of Market and Regulatory Reforms in Turkey
Trajectories of European Politics
When morality policies meet governance
Closing the regulatory cycle? A meta evaluation of ex-post legislative evaluations by the European Commission
The (non-)use of ex post legislative evaluations by the European Commission
A liberal actor in a realist world? The Commission and the external dimension of the single market for energy
Governance as contested logics of control
Overlooked Yet Ongoing
From Market Liberalism to Public Intervention
Building organizational reputation in the European regulatory state
Riding the Covid waves
Towards democratic governance of uncertainty? Contesting notions of participation, control and accountability
Hard Questions, Hard Solutions
The Politics of Conflict Management in EU Regulation
Conflict and Conflict Management in the Cross-border Provision of Healthcare Services
Two spheres of regulation
Torn in translation
Crisis, Resources and the State
Independent agencies, credible policies? The role of prior beliefs in shaping stakeholder perceptions of credibility in a contested environment
Administration as usual? Revolving doors and the quiet regulation of political ethics
European Union agencies and their management boards
The promise of bureaucratic reputation approaches for the EU regulatory state
Affective regulatory governance
The Capture of EU Football Regulation by the Football Governing Bodies
Regulatory relationships across levels of multilevel governance systems
Regulatory governance regimes and interregionalism
Economic geography and the regulatory state
The Public Management of Risk
Controlling Modern Government
Understanding Regulation
The British Regulatory State
The Political Economy of Public Administration
Regulating Business by Independent Commission
Forging Industrial Policy
The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis
Complying with Europe
The Politics of Public Service Bargains
The Open Method of Co-ordination in Action
Regulation Inside Government
Regulating Europe
Dilemmas of European Integration
The Politics of Regulation
The Theory of Economic Regulation
Veto Players
Privatisation, public ownership and the regulation of natural monopoly
Policy-Making and Diversity in Europe
Catastrophe
Regulatory Innovation
Regulating America, Regulating Sweden
Nationalized Industries as Organized Interests
Governing multi-level governance
Nationalized Industry and Public Ownership
IV. The Nineteenth-Century Revolution in Government
The Politics of 'Eurocratic' Structure and the New European Agencies
The rise of the regulatory state in Europe
The new European agencies
The Limits of Europeanization
The Third Force? Independent Regulatory Agencies and Elected Politicians in Europe
The first supranational policy in the European Union
The national impact of European Union regulatory policy
Nationalized Industry and Public Ownership
Theory and Practice of Delegation to Non-Majoritarian Institutions
Learning from the Americanists (Again)
Delegation to Independent Regulatory Agencies
Institutional Choice and Bureaucratic Autonomy in Germany
Control Over Government
The rise of the regulatory state in Britain
The Wrong Type of Regulation? Regulatory Failure and the Railways in Britain and Germany
From the Positive to the Regulatory State
The importance of being modern
The Commission and national governments as partners
Europeanization and the mechanics of economic policy adjustment
Policy credibility and delegation to independent regulatory agencies
A new form of governance? comparing the open method of co-ordination to multilateral surveillance by the IMF and the OECD
Beyond delegation
Comparing Non‐Hierarchical Governance in Action
The Open Method as a New Mode of Governance
Withering in the Heat? In Search of the Regulatory State in the Commonwealth Caribbean
The diffusion of regulatory impact analysis – Best practice or lesson‐drawing
Varieties of Capitalism in an Internationalized World
| Unique citing works | 61 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,39 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 61 |