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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 203-226 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Journal of Law and Society |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 2 |
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Publication status | Published - 2014 |
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The shifting balance of power in the regulatory state: Structure, strategy, and the division of labour. / Feaver, Donald; SHEEHY, Benedict.
In: Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2014, p. 203-226.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - The shifting balance of power in the regulatory state: Structure, strategy, and the division of labour
AU - Feaver, Donald
AU - SHEEHY, Benedict
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The objective of this article is to examine the structural change in government that has enabled the politically strategic changes in governance seen in many OECD countries over the past several decades. In so doing, the legal structures and political strategies underlying the regulatory state are explained. Drawing upon classical theories of the division of labour, two distinct divisions of labour ± one legal, the other political ± are identified that provide insight into the relationship between the legal structure and political strategies under-pinning the emergence of the regulatory state. The implications of this article are that it provides a description of how the executive branch has been able to shift the balance of power significantly in its favour while at the same time divesting itself of its core constitutional tasks of governing the administrative arm of government.
AB - The objective of this article is to examine the structural change in government that has enabled the politically strategic changes in governance seen in many OECD countries over the past several decades. In so doing, the legal structures and political strategies underlying the regulatory state are explained. Drawing upon classical theories of the division of labour, two distinct divisions of labour ± one legal, the other political ± are identified that provide insight into the relationship between the legal structure and political strategies under-pinning the emergence of the regulatory state. The implications of this article are that it provides a description of how the executive branch has been able to shift the balance of power significantly in its favour while at the same time divesting itself of its core constitutional tasks of governing the administrative arm of government.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2014.00664.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2014.00664.x
M3 - Article
VL - 41
SP - 203
EP - 226
JO - British Journal of Law and Society
JF - British Journal of Law and Society
SN - 0263-323X
IS - 2
ER -