2008
DOI: 10.1017/s0143814x08000809
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New Modes of Governance in the Shadow of Hierarchy: Self-regulation by Industry in Europe

Abstract: In technically complex areas, political actors increasingly rely on private actors to shape public policy, due to the greater expertise of private actors. This article theorises and empirically investigates the conditions under which self-regulation by industry (governance) emerges in environmental policy at the European level and asks how effective it is. Is a shadow of hierarchy (governmental intervention) needed to ensure the emergence and effectiveness of voluntary agreements? We show that the willingness … Show more

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“…The institutionalization of the regulatory state in Europe entailed new modes of governance and new technologies of regulation after liberalization, privatization, and re-regulation (Majone, 1996b;Coen and Heritier, 2005;Levi-Faur, 2005;Gilardi, 2008;Héritier and Eckert, 2008). Particularly since the 1990s, following the regulatory approach promoted by the European Union (EU) and the global trend of agencification, numerous independent regulatory agencies (IRAs) were established in member countries and at the EU level to regulate economic and social issues, such as banking and finance, telecommunications, civil aviation, railway services, food safety, the pharmaceutical industry, electricity, environmental protection, and personal data privacy (Thatcher, 2002c, d;Pollitt et al, 2004;Yesilkagit, 2004;Christensen and Yesilkagit, 2006;Laegreid, 2006a, b, 2007;Gilardi, 2008;Laegreid et al, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The institutionalization of the regulatory state in Europe entailed new modes of governance and new technologies of regulation after liberalization, privatization, and re-regulation (Majone, 1996b;Coen and Heritier, 2005;Levi-Faur, 2005;Gilardi, 2008;Héritier and Eckert, 2008). Particularly since the 1990s, following the regulatory approach promoted by the European Union (EU) and the global trend of agencification, numerous independent regulatory agencies (IRAs) were established in member countries and at the EU level to regulate economic and social issues, such as banking and finance, telecommunications, civil aviation, railway services, food safety, the pharmaceutical industry, electricity, environmental protection, and personal data privacy (Thatcher, 2002c, d;Pollitt et al, 2004;Yesilkagit, 2004;Christensen and Yesilkagit, 2006;Laegreid, 2006a, b, 2007;Gilardi, 2008;Laegreid et al, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Insofar as the public sector participates in this system, the institutions have adapted to fit this model, relying primarily on private sector notice and takedown procedures for enforcement. While all of this of course takes place under the shadow of state hierarchy (Héritier & Eckert, 2008), the extent of public sector coercion is typically relatively limited.…”
Section: Content Regulatory Regimesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Self-regulation can be less burdensome for the sector concerned than governmental regulation and equally or more effective, but for self-regulation to work, the sector as a whole and the individual actors within the sector should be genuinely interested in effective self-regulation, either to prevent government regulation or reputational damage or out of a genuine sense of social responsibility (e.g. Héritier and Eckert, 2008;King and Lenox, 2000). In more general terms, how a task is executed depends on the interests of those executing this task.…”
Section: Interestmentioning
confidence: 99%