Regulation & Governance
Lectures + Literature
Contents
Week 1 Introduction: What is regulation and where does it come from? ................................................ 2
Article: Majone (1997). From the positive to the regulatory state ..................................................... 3
Week 2 Theories on regulation. Standard setting. .................................................................................. 6
Article: Makkai and Braithwaite (1992), In and Out of the Revolving Door: Making Sense of
Regulatory Capture .............................................................................................................................. 8
Week 3 Compliance and enforcement. Regulatory burden. .................................................................. 12
Article: OECD (2000), Reducing the risk of policy failure ................................................................... 15
Week 4 Accountability and legitimacy: Regulation inside government ................................................ 18
Article: Black, Calling Regulators to Account ..................................................................................... 20
Article: Mahoney (1999), The regulatory state and its legitimacy problems .................................... 20
Week 5 Alternatives to classic regulation .............................................................................................. 22
Article: Lytton (2014), Competitive Third-party regulation ............................................................... 25
Week 6 International regulation ............................................................................................................. 29
Article: Genschel (1997), Regulatory competition and international co-operation ......................... 29
Article: Abbott, Snidal (2000), Hard Soft law in international governance ....................................... 29
Week 7 Better regulation ....................................................................................................................... 33
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Lectures + Literature
Contents
Week 1 Introduction: What is regulation and where does it come from? ................................................ 2
Article: Majone (1997). From the positive to the regulatory state ..................................................... 3
Week 2 Theories on regulation. Standard setting. .................................................................................. 6
Article: Makkai and Braithwaite (1992), In and Out of the Revolving Door: Making Sense of
Regulatory Capture .............................................................................................................................. 8
Week 3 Compliance and enforcement. Regulatory burden. .................................................................. 12
Article: OECD (2000), Reducing the risk of policy failure ................................................................... 15
Week 4 Accountability and legitimacy: Regulation inside government ................................................ 18
Article: Black, Calling Regulators to Account ..................................................................................... 20
Article: Mahoney (1999), The regulatory state and its legitimacy problems .................................... 20
Week 5 Alternatives to classic regulation .............................................................................................. 22
Article: Lytton (2014), Competitive Third-party regulation ............................................................... 25
Week 6 International regulation ............................................................................................................. 29
Article: Genschel (1997), Regulatory competition and international co-operation ......................... 29
Article: Abbott, Snidal (2000), Hard Soft law in international governance ....................................... 29
Week 7 Better regulation ....................................................................................................................... 33
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