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The British Regulatory State under the Coalition Government: Volatile Stability Continued
Author(s) -
LODGE MARTIN
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/1467-923x.12076
Subject(s) - centralisation , politics , realisation , state (computer science) , autonomy , government (linguistics) , regulatory state , political science , public administration , coalition government , political economy , law and economics , law , economics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science
What have been the effects of coalition government on the British regulatory state? This article argues that the politics of regulation have been largely about a continuation of existing patterns, namely volatile stability rather than more far‐reaching change. The British regulatory state continues to be defined by boundary conflicts between the world of ‘politics’ and ‘regulation’, by conflicting calls for centralisation and decentralised autonomy, and by tensions between the wish to ‘reduce’ regulation and the realisation of inherent complexities.