Governing by Numbers
Delegated Legislation and Everyday Policy-Making
1st Edition
Published on 16. March 2001
256 pages
978-1-84731-099-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-84731-099-6 (9781847310996)
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03/2001
Hart Publishing
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Person
Edward C Page is Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professor of Public Policy at the LSE and a Fellow of the British Academy.
Content
Chapter 1: Politics in Seclusion
Chapter 2: Examining the Instrumen
Chapter 3: The stuff of everyday politics
Chapter 4: The origins of regulations
Chapter 5: Ministers on Top
Chapter 6: Drafting SIs: the joint effort of administrators and lawyers
Chapter 7: Consulting outside interests
Chapter 8: The discreet impact of parliamentary scrutiny
Chapter 9: Everyday politics and high politics
Chapter 2: Examining the Instrumen
Chapter 3: The stuff of everyday politics
Chapter 4: The origins of regulations
Chapter 5: Ministers on Top
Chapter 6: Drafting SIs: the joint effort of administrators and lawyers
Chapter 7: Consulting outside interests
Chapter 8: The discreet impact of parliamentary scrutiny
Chapter 9: Everyday politics and high politics
