Since the late 1970s European governments have been forced to change their traditional
modes of governance in response to such trends as increasing international competition …

Over recent decades, many countries have actively promoted significant regulatory reforms
in the governance of their economies. Privatization and market liberalization, combined with …

The volume examines changes in regulatory rules, organizations and policies across
several European countries and policy domains, why these changes have taken place and …

In the 1970s, a certain shift from a hierarchical to a more co-operative form of government
has been observed by political scientists, first in western European countries, that is …

This book suggests that the scope and breadth of regulatory reforms since the mid-1980s
and particularly during the 1990s, are so striking that they necessitate a reappraisal of …

While the interventionist state was characterised by a high level of centralisation in
administration and policy making, the regulatory state relies on extensive delegation of …

Page 1 DE GRUYTER Adrienne Héritier, Christoph Knill, Susanne Mingers RINGING THE
CHANGES IN EUROPE DE GRUYTER STUDIES IN ORGANIZATION DE G Page 2 de Gruyter …

The term 'regulatory state'entered the vocabulary of students of European Politics over 12
years ago with the publication, in West European Politics, of Giandomenico Majone's …

This article studies the diffusion of the main institutional feature of regulatory capitalism,
namely, independent regulatory agencies. While only a few such authorities existed in …

This book studies regulatory change, and fosters a broad comparative view on regulatory
processes and outcomes. The age of governance has seen the expansion of regulation as a …