Governing by Numbers

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Governing by Numbers is a jargon-free account of how delegated legislation - laws that do not pass through the full legislative scrutiny to which Acts of Parliament are subjected - is made. It is based on new research involving an analysis of nearly 30,000 pieces of delegated legislation; detailed investigation of 46 recent regulations based on in-depth interviews with those involved in developing, writing and scrutinising them and a major survey of nearly 400 interest groups. Delegated legislation is examined as...
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Governing by Numbers is a jargon-free account of how delegated legislation - laws that do not pass through the full legislative scrutiny to which Acts of Parliament are subjected - is made. It is based on new research involving an analysis of nearly 30,000 pieces of delegated legislation; detailed investigation of 46 recent regulations based on in-depth interviews with those involved in developing, writing and scrutinising them and a major survey of nearly 400 interest groups. Delegated legislation is examined as a form of "everyday policy-making". It deals with important issues, from the level of welfare benefits to weapons exports, animal health and the prevention of air pollution, yet has been largely ignored in studies of the British political and administrative system. This book analyses the distinctive character of everyday policy making and the implications of how it works for our understanding of British democracy.
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Perhaps the publicity surrounding British government measures against the mad cow and hoof-and- mouth crises will generate greater general interest in everyday British policy-making. Page (politics, U. of Hull) analyzes the under-studied area of delegated legislation, focusing on 46 of the some 30,000 recent regulations not subject to full scrutiny as are Acts of Parliament. Appended material includes lists of: the statutory instruments (1987-97) discussed, the 46 selected for detailed case studies, and responses to a major survey of interest groups. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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  • ISBN-13: 9781841132075
  • Publisher: Hart Publishing UK
  • Publication date: 3/1/2001
  • Pages: 256
  • Product dimensions: 6.42 (w) x 9.49 (h) x 0.76 (d)

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Ch. 1 Politics in Seclusion 1
Ch. 2 Examining the Instrument 19
Ch. 3 The stuff of everyday politics 35
Ch. 4 The origins of regulations 55
Ch. 5 Ministers on Top 83
Ch. 6 Drafting SIs: the joint effort of administrators and lawyers 103
Ch. 7 Consulting outside interests 129
Ch. 8 The discreet impact of parliamentary scrutiny 157
Ch. 9 Everyday politics and high politics 177
App. A The Medicines (Control of Substances for Manufacture) (Revocation) Order 1997 195
App. B Analysis of SIs on CD-ROM 199
App. C SIs examined in detail in Chapter 3 201
App. D Selection of 46 SIs for detailed case studies 213
App. E Survey of interest groups 217
List of SIs cited in text 223
Bibliography 231
Index 235
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