TY - BOOK ID - 134655784 TI - Regulatory politics in an age of polarization and drift : beyond deregulation PY - 2017 SN - 1315645866 1317293282 1317293290 PB - New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Industrial policy KW - Deregulation KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134655784 AB - In this book, author Marc Eisner provides an accessible introduction to the complex topic of regulatory politics, ideal for upper-level and graduate courses, walking the reader through a clear-eyed and careful examination of: the dynamics of regulatory change since the 1970s social regulation and institutional design forms of gradual change--including conversion, layering, and drift gridlock, polarization, and the privatization of regulation financial collapse and the anatomy of regulatory failure Demonstrating that transparency and accountability--the hallmarks of public regulation--are increasingly absent, and that deregulation was but one factor in our most recent significant financial collapse, the Great Recession, this book urges readers to look beyond deregulation and consider the broader political implications for our current system of voluntary participation in regulatory programs and the proliferation of public-private partnerships. ER -