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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783828303321

Titolo

Regulating Europe / / [edited by] Giandomenico Majone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-76457-X

0-203-28227-2

1-134-76458-8

1-280-31981-X

0-203-43919-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Collana

European public policy series

Altri autori (Persone)

MajoneGiandomenico

Disciplina

338.94

Soggetti

Trade regulation - Europe

Independent regulatory commissions - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Series editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Regulation and its modes; Theories of regulation; The rise of statutory regulation in Europe; The European Commission as regulator; Regulatory legitimacy in the European context: the British Health and Safety Executive; Environmental regulation and administrative reform in Britain; The law and policy of competition in Germany; Independent administrative authorities in France and the case of the French Council for Competition

Competition law and policy in Spain: implementation in an interventionist traditionThe German Federal Supervisory Authority for Insurance; The European Commission as regulator: the uncertain pursuit of the competitive market; The future of regulation in Europe; Regulatory legitimacy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Explains how and why economic and social regulation at national/EU levels is rapidly replacing older forms of state intervention and also, to some extent, the redistributive policies of the welfare state. Includes case-studies.