Martin Lodge

On Different Tracks

Designing Railway Regulation in Britain and Germany

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The governments of several countries are in the process of reforming their regulatory regimes for the railways, and there is much debate about the appropriate regulation of transport in general and railways in particular-especially in light of environmental concerns about traffic congestion and air pollution and economic concerns about the financing of infrastructure and services. This volume investigates how Britain and Germany regulated their railways at three different points in time over the past century: after the First World War, after the Second World War, and in the 1990s. Its central focus is the design of regulatory regimes and the impact of institutional factors on the selection of design ideas and on processes of isomorphism. By placing a comparative analysis of regulatory design in a historical context and an institutional framework, the author contributes to the current debate on the emergence of the regulatory state in the late 20th century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 519g
• ISBN-13: 9780275976019
• ISBN-10: 0275976017
• Artikelnr.: 21492260

Autorenporträt

MARTIN LODGE is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. MARTIN LODGE is Senior Research Officer at the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Isomorphism in Regulatory Choice Regulatory Change after the
First World War Institutional Weakness and Domain Orientation in Britain
Minimum Insulation and Persistence in Germany The Age of Public Ownership
The "Socialisation of Transport" and the Search for Efficiency in Britain
Choosing between Domestic "Paths" in West Germany Regulatory Reform and
Forms of Privatization "Regulation by Competition" as Switchman for the
Traffic of Regulatory Design Ideas in Britain Domain-Oriented Isomorphism
and Institutional Compromise in Germany Conclusion Epilogue Appendix
Bibliography Index