The British Regulatory State
High Modernism and Hyper-Innovation
Seiten
2003
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-924757-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-924757-8 (ISBN)
What turned Britain into a laboratory of political innovation? For the first two thirds of the twentieth century, British government was among the most stable in the world. But later, it has been a leader in innovation and its governing system has been in constant turmoil. This book explains this transformation and traces its consequences.
For the first two thirds of the twentieth century, British government was among the most stable in the advanced industrial world. In the last three decades, the governing arrangements have been in turmoil and the country has been a pioneer in economic reform, and in public sector change. In his major new book, Michael Moran examines and explains the contrast between these two epochs. What turned Britain into a laboratory of political innovation? Britain became a formal democracy at the start of the twentieth century but the practice of government remained oligarchic. From the 1970s this oligarchy collapsed under the pressure of economic crisis. The British regulatory state is being constructed in its place. Moran challenges the prevailing view that this new state is liberal or decentralizing. Instead he argues that it is a new, threatening kind of interventionist state which is colonizing, dominating, and centralizing hitherto independent domains of civil society. The book is essential reading for all those interested in British political development and in the nature and impact of regulation
For the first two thirds of the twentieth century, British government was among the most stable in the advanced industrial world. In the last three decades, the governing arrangements have been in turmoil and the country has been a pioneer in economic reform, and in public sector change. In his major new book, Michael Moran examines and explains the contrast between these two epochs. What turned Britain into a laboratory of political innovation? Britain became a formal democracy at the start of the twentieth century but the practice of government remained oligarchic. From the 1970s this oligarchy collapsed under the pressure of economic crisis. The British regulatory state is being constructed in its place. Moran challenges the prevailing view that this new state is liberal or decentralizing. Instead he argues that it is a new, threatening kind of interventionist state which is colonizing, dominating, and centralizing hitherto independent domains of civil society. The book is essential reading for all those interested in British political development and in the nature and impact of regulation
Introduction ; 1. Images of the Regulatory State ; 2. Creating Club Regulation ; 3. Transforming Self-Regulation ; 4. Regulating Privatization ; 5. Regulating Public Worlds ; 6. From Stagnation to Fiasco ; Sources
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.2003 |
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Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 162 x 242 mm |
Gewicht | 532 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-924757-9 / 0199247579 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-924757-8 / 9780199247578 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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