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作者：Paiement, Phillip
作者单位：Tilburg University
摘要：This article builds on the model of regulatory intermediaries by incorporating insights from the field of legal hermeneutics about the process through which the meaning of a legal rule emerges. It describes how intermediaries can take on a jurisgenerative role in the development of legal rules through their interpretation of legal rules. This role is demonstrated through an analysis of social audits from Chinese and Vietnamese factories involved in the Fair Labor Association (FLA). The analysi...
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作者：Spinardi, Graham
作者单位：University of Edinburgh
摘要：Fire safety has traditionally been regulated by prescriptive rules that stipulate requirements according to the type and size of a building, with the regulator's job being to check that these rules have been followed. However, many jurisdictions now allow performance-based design regulation in which approval depends on the regulator assessing the prospective performance of a bespoke fire safety design for a particular project. Regulators thus need to be able to adjudicate on the knowledge clai...
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作者：Zhu, Junming; Chertow, Marian R.
作者单位：Tsinghua University; Yale University
摘要：Regulatory behavior and effectiveness in authoritarian settings are subject to alternative characterizations. By tracing enforcement processes through a variety of case studies, this article proposes and refines a new model, at least with respect to energy efficiency regulations in China: authoritarian but responsive. Local rulemaking and operationalization is authoritarian, with strong and coordinative bodies of regulation, strategic plans, and active involvement of local authorities. Local a...
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作者：Ma, Liang; Liu, Peng
作者单位：Renmin University of China
摘要：Do resources available to regulatory agencies matter for public perceptions of social risks? In this paper we use the case of food safety in China to empirically examine the relationship between regulatory resources and risk concerns. The multilevel model estimates suggest that neither regulatory revenue nor personnel is significantly related to public concerns over food safety. There is also no significant interaction effect between regulatory resources and food scandals. Despite the fact tha...
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作者：Schleifer, Philip; Fiorini, Matteo; Auld, Graeme
作者单位：University of Amsterdam; European University Institute; Carleton University
摘要：The rise of new transnational governance has intensified debates about a lack of accountability in global politics. Reviewing the mechanisms through which transparency can foster accountability beyond the state, this article explores the determinants of information disclosure in the field of transnational sustainability governance. Examining the institutional design of 113 voluntary sustainability programs, we find a positive correlation between the involvement of public actors and information...
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作者：Tazzyman, Abigail; Bryce, Marie; Ferguson, Jane; Walshe, Kieran; Boyd, Alan; Price, Tristan; Tredinnick-Rowe, John
作者单位：University of Manchester; Alliance Manchester Business School; University of Plymouth; University of Plymouth; University of Plymouth
摘要：In 2012, medical regulation in the United Kingdom was fundamentally changed by the introduction of revalidation - a process by which all licensed doctors are required to regularly demonstrate that they are up to date and fit to practice in their chosen field and are able to provide a good level of care. This paper examines the implications of revalidation on the structure, governance, and performance management of the medical profession, as well as how it has changed the relationships between ...
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作者：Fransen, Luc; LeBaron, Genevieve
作者单位：University of Amsterdam; University of Sheffield
摘要：Due diligence and corporate disclosure initiatives effectively expand the role of professional service firms as regulatory intermediaries in the governance of conditions of production in global supply chains. In this paper, we examine the rise of the Big Four audit firms in the market for services connected to transnational labor governance. Through a qualitative case study of audit firms in modern slavery governance, we argue that the Big Four's political repertoire for transnational labor go...
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作者：Marques, Jose Carlos
作者单位：University of Ottawa
摘要：Studies using the Regulatory-Intermediary-Target (RIT) framework have examined a variety of forms of regulatory capture, including how targets capture intermediaries (Tx2794;I) and how intermediaries capture regulators (Ix2794;R). Little attention has been paid to why and how regulators themselves might engage in capture. Yet such a scenario is likely in transnational governance settings characterized by regulatory competition and conflict, as well as power differentials between different type...
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作者：Crane, Andrew; LeBaron, Genevieve; Allain, Jean; Behbahani, Laya
作者单位：University of Bath; University of Sheffield; Monash University; University of Hull; Simon Fraser University
摘要：A growing body of scholarship analyzes the emergence and resilience of forced labor in developing countries within global value chains. However, little is known about how forced labor arises within domestic supply chains concentrated within national borders,producing products for domestic consumption. We conduct one of the first studies of forced labor in domestic supply chains,through a cross-industry comparison of the regulatory gaps surrounding forced labor in the United Kingdom. We find th...
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作者：James, Philip; Miles, Lilian; Croucher, Richard; Houssart, Mark
作者单位：Middlesex University
摘要：This paper examines how far the workplace inspection program established under the 2013 Accord on Fire and Building Safety has served to improve safety in Bangladesh garment factories, and the extent to which its operation has been influenced by factors that the literature suggests are important in shaping the outcomes of private regulatory initiatives. The findings suggest that such regulation can generate positive outcomes, even in the absence of strong public regulatory support. They also c...
