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In Search of the Regulatory State: Evidence From Scotland
Author(s) -
Midwinter Arthur,
McGarvey Neil
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9299.00282
Subject(s) - warrant , government regulation , government (linguistics) , regulatory state , state (computer science) , public administration , state government , political science , local government , business , public economics , law , economics , finance , politics , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science , china
Recent research has suggested that there is movement towards a ‘regulatory state’ in the UK with regulation an expanding area of government. This article identifies key Scottish differences from UK practice and suggests the growth and scale of regulation inside Scottish government is more modest than suggested by UK‐wide research. It also reviews existing oversight arrangements within Scottish government for public service delivery bodies and questions whether many of these activities warrant the label ‘regulation’, arguing that a more accurate description is performance management.