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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792167803321

Autore

Doern G. Bruce

Titolo

Rules and unruliness : Canadian regulatory democracy, governance, capitalism, and welfarism / / G. Bruce Doern, Michael J. Prince, and Richard J. Schultz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montréal, Québec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7735-9041-2

0-7735-9040-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Disciplina

342.71/066

Soggetti

Social legislation - Canada

Administrative procedure - Canada

Administrative agencies - Canada

Industrial policy - Canada

Canada Economic policy

Canada Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part one Regulatory Democracy and Governance : Analyical Framework and Historical Context. Conceptual Foundations and Analytical Framework -- Canadian Regulatory Democracy and Governance in Liberal and Conservative Eras -- The Changing Ecosystem of Canadian Regulation: Ministerial Agency-Relations and Expanding Interests --

Part Two Six Regulatory Regimes : an Empirical Analysis. The Macro-Regulatory Governance Regime: Rules about Rules -- The Economic Sectoral Regime: The Core Energy, Transportation, and Telecommunications Regulators -- The Regulatory Regime of Social Sectors: Registered Charities, Citizenship and Immigration, and Assisted Human Reproduction Technologies -- The Marketplace Framework Regulatory Regime: Competition, Banking and Financial Services, and Intellectual Property -- The Societal Framework Regulatory Regime: Law and Order, Morality and Sexuality, and the Welfare State -- The Regulatory Regime for Parliamentary Democracy:



Parties, Elections, Responsible Government, and Parliament's Watchdog Agencies -- Rules and Unruliness in Canadian Regulatory Democracy and Governance -- Glossary of Major Terms.

Sommario/riassunto

A critical examination of Canadian regulatory governance and politics over the years, this book builds on the theory and practice of rule-making to show why government "unruliness" - the inability to form rules and implement structures for compliance - is endemic and increasing.