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Autore |
Dibadj Reza R. <1970-> |
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Titolo |
Rescuing regulation [[electronic resource] /] / Reza R. Dibadj |
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Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-7914-8109-3 |
1-4294-1364-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (238 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Police power - Philosophy |
Industrial laws and legislation |
Industrial laws and legislation - Social aspects |
Trade regulation |
Trade regulation - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-209) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Traditional perspectives -- Lambasting regulation -- Where is society left? -- Beyond flawed assumptions -- Toward new research -- Substantive reform -- Institutional changes. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The traditional debate on governmental regulation has run its course, with economically minded analysts pointing to regulation's inefficiency while those focused on justice purposefully avoid the economic paradigm to defend regulation's role in protecting consumers, workers, and society's disadvantaged. In Rescuing Regulation, Reza R. Dibadj challenges both camps. He squarely addresses the shortcomings of the conventional economic critique that portrays regulation as a waste, and also confronts those focused on justice to marshal economic arguments for public intervention against social inequities and abusive market behavior. Providing novel answers to the questions of why and how to regulate, Dibadj contends that the law and economics paradigm must not remain an apologist for laissez-faire public policy. He also demonstrates how incorporating the latest economics and revamping institutions can help improve our public agencies. Rescuing Regulation not only suggests ways to develop public institutions reflective of a democracy, but also broadly outlines how social science can inform |
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