Regulatory Reform of Public Utilities in a Comparative Perspective – The Case of Denmark

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-118
Author(s):  
Ole Jess Olsen ◽  
Anders Henten ◽  
Morten Falch
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Comparative Perspective

scholarly journals Political expediency vrs [sic] policy directive: a case study of telecommunications in Jamaica and the move towards an integrated regulator

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee Robinson ◽  
David Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Telecommunication Industry ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Political Expediency ◽  
Media Services ◽  
Water Gas

This paper considers regulatory reform in Jamaica's telecommunication industry. "Currently, Jamaican telecommunication operates under a multi-sector regulator, the Office of Utility Regulation (OUR), which has oversight of all public utilities including telecommunications, water, gas, and electricity. The reform under consideration in Jamaica is the transition towards a single-sector independent regulator, referred to throughout this research as the integrated regulator, with monitoring responsibility for converged media services, including broadcasting and Information Communication Technology (ICT)"--From the introduction, page 7.

The Wrong Type of Regulation? Regulatory Failure and the Railways in Britain and Germany

2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Lodge
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Conflict Of Interests ◽  
Regulatory Regimes ◽  
Regulatory Failure ◽  
Railway Domain

Regulatory reform is often seen as a road paved by good intentions, but leading to ‘policy hell’. The example of the railways seems to represent a prime example of regulatory failure, not only in Britain but also in Germany. This article analyses the notion of ‘regulatory failure’ in the railway domain by taking an analytical and a comparative perspective. First, it introduces a variety of explanations as to why regulation can go wrong. Second, it considers the design and the consequent evolution of the regulatory regimes for the railways in Britain and Germany since the early 1990s. Both countries offer similar life-cycles of regulatory reform, however differing in design, perceived failures and advocated solutions. Finally, it discusses how the literature on regulatory failure contributes to the understanding of British and German railway regulation and argues that any regulatory regime is not only characterised by a conflict of interests, but also by conflicts of standards of appropriateness that lead to inherent tension and potential causes for failure.

State Intervention in Party Politics: The Public Funding and Regulation of Political Parties

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Van Biezen
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Way

This article is concerned with a closer investigation of the growing tendency for the state to intervene in contemporary party politics. It examines two trends. First, it looks more closely at the increased levels of regulation of party activity and behaviour in European democracies, discussing the empirical practice as well as the underlying normative paradigms of party regulation. Second, it examines the increased availability of public funding to political parties from a comparative perspective, while also exploring the motivations for its introduction in light of particular understandings of party democracy. It is argued that both dimensions constitute part of the way in which parties have strengthened their linkages with the state in recent years, and that parties, as a result of the increased involvement of the state in their internal affairs and external behaviour, have become increasingly defined as public utilities or semi-state agencies.

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