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The Regulatory State in an Age of Governance. Soft Words and Big Sticks.
R. King
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Description for The Regulatory State in an Age of Governance. Soft Words and Big Sticks.
Paperback. This book provides a much-needed comprehensive analysis of governance and the regulatory state. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Presents an account of the regulatory state and governance. This book examines both key concepts and theories, and important policy domains, and utilizes comparative, historical and transnational perspectives. It questions whether the regulatory state that has developed over the decades is an authoritarian or a liberalizing mode of governance.
Presents an account of the regulatory state and governance. This book examines both key concepts and theories, and important policy domains, and utilizes comparative, historical and transnational perspectives. It questions whether the regulatory state that has developed over the decades is an authoritarian or a liberalizing mode of governance.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349352548
SKU
V9781349352548
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99-15
About R. King
ROGER KING is Visiting Professor at the Centre for Higher Education Research and Information at The Open University, UK, and a Higher Education Consultant. Previously he was Vice Chancellor of the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside (now Lincoln). He writes and researches on comparative policymaking and regulatory governance.
Reviews for The Regulatory State in an Age of Governance. Soft Words and Big Sticks.
'It is very successful. [The author] has spotted the need for an accessible account of the whole regulation literature and has very successfully filled it [...] The text goes well beyond the introductory text level in locating so much of the regulatory literature in many of the classical themes of sociology, and many of the classic writers [...] of established ... Read more