Understanding regulation: theory, strategy, and practice

Regulation is a key concern of industries, consumers, citizens, and governments alike. Building on the success of the first edition, Understanding Regulation, Second Edition provides the reader with an introduction to key debates and discussions in the field of regulation from a number of disciplinary perspectives, looking towards law, economics, business, political science, sociology, and social administration. The book has been extensively revised and updated to take into account the significant developments and events of the past decade. Containing several new chapters, it has been complete.

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Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Introduction; PART I: FUNDAMENTALS; 2 Why Regulate?; 3 What is 'Good' Regulation?; 4 Explaining Regulation; 5 Regulatory Failure; 6 Regulating Risks; PART II: STRATEGIES; 7 Regulatory Strategies; 8 Self-regulation, Meta-regulation, and Regulatory Networks; 9 Franchising; 10 Emissions Trading; PART III: RULES AND ENFORCEMENT; 11 Enforcing Regulation; 12 Responsive Regulation; 13 Risk-based Regulation; 14 Standards and Principles; PART IV: QUALITY AND EVALUATION; 15 Cost-Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Impact Assessment

16 Accountability, Procedures, and Fairness17 Regulatory Competition and Coordination; PART V: REGULATION AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT; 18 Multi-level Regulation; 19 Regulation and the European Union; 20 Regulation and Development; 21 Global and International Regulation; PART VI: NETWORK ISSUES; 22 Regulating Prices in Natural Monopolies; 23 Using Competition in Network Industries; 24 Separation and Contestability in Network Industries; 25 Implementing Price Controls; 26 Efficiency and Innovation in Network Industries; PART VII: CONCLUSIONS; 27 Conclusions; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A

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