5. No Longer ‘Governments in Miniature’: Canadian Sectoral Regulatory Institutions

Author(s):  
Richard Schultz ◽  
G. Bruce Doern
Author(s):  
Thomas G ALTURA ◽  
Yuki HASHIMOTO ◽  
Sanford M JACOBY ◽  
Kaoru KANAI ◽  
Kazuro SAGUCHI

Abstract The ‘sharing economy’ epitomized by Airbnb and Uber has challenged business, labor, and regulatory institutions throughout the world. The arrival of Airbnb and Uber in Japan provided an opportunity for Prime Minister Abe’s administration to demonstrate its commitment to deregulation. Both platform companies garnered support from powerful governmental and industry actors who framed the sharing economy as a solution to various economic and social problems. However, they met resistance from actors elsewhere in government, the private sector, and civil society, who constructed competing frames. Unlike studies that compare national responses to the sharing economy, we contrast the different experiences and fates of Airbnb and Uber within a single country. Doing so highlights actors, framing processes, and within-country heterogeneity. The study reveals the limits of overly institutionalized understandings of Japanese political economy. It also contributes to current debates concerning Prime Minister Abe’s efforts at implementing deregulation during the 2010s.


2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 5-36
Author(s):  
Waikeung Tam ◽  
Dali Yang

Global Policy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Fiorini ◽  
Bernard Hoekman

Retos ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 509-516
Author(s):  
Alessandra Vieira Fernandes ◽  
Vinicius Machado de Oliveira ◽  
Giuliano Gomes de Assis Pimentel ◽  
Juliano De Souza

Resumo: Esse artigo analisa a constituição histórica do subcampo esportivo do parkour sob a perspectiva teórica de Pierre Bourdieu. Remete-se à uma abordagem sociológica de caráter descritivo-analítico, cujo material empírico expressa-se na produção online dos praticantes. Em linhas gerais, o processo de desenvolvimento do parkour evidencia a influência da midiatização dos bens culturais e a incorporação de elementos da lógica esportiva que produziram transformações na estruturação da modalidade e no habitus dos agentes. O surgimento de instituições reguladoras, programas de profissionalização e competições introduziram e acentuaram uma distinção entre amadores e profissionais, configurando relações de poder no interior da prática. Abstract: This article analyzes the historical constitution of the sports subfield of parkour under the theoretical perspective of Pierre Bourdieu. It refers to a sociological approach of a descriptive-analytical character, whose empirical material is expressed in the online production of practitioners. In general, the development process of parkour evidences the influence of the mediatization of cultural goods and the incorporation of elements of the sports logic that have produced transformations in the structure of the modality and in the habitus of the agents. The emergence of regulatory institutions, professionalization programs and competitions have introduced and accentuated a distinction between amateurs and professionals, configuring power relations within the practice.Resumen: Este artículo analiza el desarrollo histórico del subcampo deportivo del parkour de acuerdo con la perspectiva teórica de Pierre Bourdieu. Se hace referencia a un enfoque sociológico de carácter descriptivo-analitico, cuyo material empírico se expresa en la producción online de los practicantes. En general, el proceso de desarrollo del parkour muestra la influencia de la cobertura mediática de los bienes culturales y la incorporación de elementos de la lógica de los deportes que produjeron cambios en la estructura de la modalidad y en el habitus de los agentes. La aparición de instituciones reguladoras, programas de formación profesional y competiciones, introdujeron y ampliaron la distinción entre los amateurs y profesionales, estableciendo relaciones de poder dentro de la práctica.


Legal Studies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Boon ◽  
Avis Whyte

AbstractThe Legal Services Act 2007 effected major changes in the disciplinary system for solicitors in England and Wales. Both the practice regulator, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and a disciplinary body, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, were reconstituted as independent bodies and given new powers. Our concern is the impact of the Act on the disciplinary system for solicitors. Examination of this issue involves consideration of changes to regulatory institutions and the mechanics of practice regulation. Drawing on Foucault's notion of governmentality, empirical evidence drawn from disciplinary cases handled by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and the Solicitors Regulation Authority in 2015 is used to explore potentially different conceptions of discipline informing the work of the regulatory institutions. The conclusion considers the implications of our findings for the future of the professional disciplinary system.


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