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Dimensions of Enforcement Style: Factoring in Regulatory Autonomy and Capacity
Author(s) -
MCALLISTER LESLEY K.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2009.00308.x
Subject(s) - enforcement , factoring , autonomy , style (visual arts) , state (computer science) , public economics , business , political science , economics , computer science , law , geography , accounting , archaeology , algorithm
This article explores how the concept of enforcement style can be adapted to be more analytically useful in the study of regulatory behavior and its effects in developing countries. In its first part, the article sets forth a dimensional conception of enforcement style and suggests two new dimensions to incorporate the variations in the autonomy and capacity of regulatory agencies that are so significant in developing countries. In its second part, the article uses this analytical framework to compare the enforcement styles of state environmental agencies in two Brazilian states, São Paulo and Pará.