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Date |
2013-03-29 |
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repository |
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p17485991 |
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abstract |
This paper considers the context for the development of the concept of responsive
regulation, namely the transcending of the deregulation debate. It argues that claims
regarding responsive regulation when allied to risk-based rationales for enforcement
can, in fact, allow a “deregulatory” momentum to develop. This argument is grounded
with reference to a case study of the regulation of workplace health and safety in
the UK, with a particular focus upon the period 2000–2010. The paper casts doubt on
the relevance and robustness of the concept of responsive regulation. In a context
that might have been fertile ground for developing genuinely responsive regulatory
policy, empirically we find the development of policies that are better described
as “regulatory degradation.” Thus we argue in this paper that, whatever the intentions
of its proponents, there is a logical affinity between responsive regulation, and
effective de-regulation, and that it is this affinity that has provided a convenient
political rationale for the emergence of a neo-liberal regulatory settlement in the
UK. |
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authorList |
authors |
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1 |
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peerReviewed |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/126831 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/126838 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/126839 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/126840 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/126841 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/126843 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/126952 |
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volume |
7 |
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AcademicArticle |
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type |
Article |
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label |
Tombs, Steve and Whyte, David (2013). Transcending the deregulation debate? regulation,
risk, and the enforcement of health and safety law in the UK. Regulation & Governance,
7(1) pp. 61–79. |
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label |
Tombs, Steve and Whyte, David (2013). Transcending the deregulation debate? regulation,
risk, and the enforcement of health and safety law in the UK. Regulation & Governance,
7(1) pp. 61–79. |
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Title |
Transcending the deregulation debate? regulation, risk, and the enforcement of health
and safety law in the UK |
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oro |