Open AccessA discussion on the resilience of command and control regulation within regulatory behavior theories
Author(s) -
K.P.V. O’Sullivan,
Darragh Flannery
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of governance and regulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2306-6784
pISSN - 2220-9352
DOI - 10.22495/jgr_v1_i1_p2
Subject(s) - dominance (genetics) , resilience (materials science) , command and control , control (management) , the internet , economics , computer science , biology , management , telecommunications , physics , biochemistry , world wide web , gene , thermodynamics
This paper provides the first insights into the factors that may drive the resilience of command and control regulation in modern policy making. We show how the forces of uncertainty and internal dynamics among customers, producers and regulators are the most dominate factors preventing the adoption of non-CAC regulations. Using case study evidence of internet regulation, we then integrate our analysis into the most prominent regulatory choice behavior theories and illustrate that regardless of the theory, these factors can help explain the dominance of command and control as a choice of regulation.