Contemporary Regulatory Policy

by Marc Allen Eisner, Jeff Worsham, Evan J. Ringquist, Franchesca Nestor

Overview

The third edition of Contemporary Regulatory Policy brings this classic text completely up to date—reflecting more than a decade of policy changes and including an entirely new chapter on food safety regulation. Beyond their focus on seven key policy arenas, the authors confront the broad problems of partisan polarization and congressional gridlock. They also consider the significance of unilateral policy actions by President Obama and how these initiatives may be vulnerable to change under President Trump. Recognizing that no single theory can sufficiently explain regulatory politics, they offer a comprehensive set of tools for understanding the world of regulatory policy today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626377745
Publisher:	Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/20/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Marc Allen Eisner is Henry Merritt Wriston Chair of Public Policy in the Government Department at Wesleyan University. Jeff Worsham is professor of political science at West Virginia University. Evan J. Ringquist was professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University. Franchesca Nestor is assistant professor of politics and government at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
Part 1	Understanding Regulation
1	A Primer on Regulation	3
2	Explaining Regulatory Change	19
3	A Brief History of Contemporary Regulatory Politics	35
Part 2	Contemporary Regulatory Policies
4	Regulating Market Competition	61
5	Regulating Financial Intermediaries	91
6	Regulating Telecommunications	111
7	Environmental Protection Regulation	133
8	Regulating the Workplace	171
9	Regulating Consumer Products	197
10	Regulating Energy	233
11	Making Sense of Regulation in a Deregulatory Era	271
	List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	285
	Bibliography	289
	Index	317
	About the Book	333

Editorial Reviews

An accessible, equation-free overview of some of the central debates over the question of regulatory control. Also provides a survey of contemporary regulatory policies. Throughout, the authors emphasize the role of institutions and the importance of some regulation while critiquing regulatory policy they consider problematic. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Useful to anyone interested in regulatory policy and the economics of regulation.

Choice

Priase for the previous editions:

I recommend this book highly for political science and policy courses in regulation—and scholars, too, will learn from the authors' impressive integration of several competing perspectives.

Paul Teske

Impressively combining historical, analytical, and substantive overviews of a broad swath of US regulatory policy, this is an excellent book for course use. Students will especially appreciate its demonstration of various theories in action.

Lori A. Brainard