Withering in the heat? In search of the regulatory state in the commonwealth Caribbean
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Lodge, Martin; Stirton, Lindsay
署名单位：
University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of East Anglia
刊物名称：
GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
ISSN/ISSBN：
0952-1895
DOI：
10.1111/j.1468-0491.2006.00326.x
发表日期：
2006
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摘要：
This article explores the regulatory state hypothesis in the context of electricity and telecommunications regulation in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. This article questions whether institutional features associated with the regulatory state are triggered by a preference for efficiency and added complexity within the policy domain. This article progresses in three steps. After setting out the regulatory state hypothesis as derived from the work by Giandomenico Majone and its empirical consequences, the article explores the four cases in brief. Although the empirical evidence broadly supports the regulatory state hypothesis across domains, states and over time, some puzzles in terms of reform trajectories and extent of regulatory reform do emerge. The final section explores these puzzles through an actor-centered institutional perspective. It is suggested that the regulatory state hypothesis may be useful for predicting institutional arrangements, but has difficulty in accounting for the extent of regulatory reform and timing.
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