Governing by numbers delegated legislation and everyday policy-making
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Governing by numbers delegated legislation and everyday policy-making
Hart Pub., 2001
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Includes bibliographies (p. [231]-234) and index
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Description
Governing by Numbers is a jargon-free account of how delegated legislation - laws that do not pass through the full legislative scrutiny to which Acts of Parliament are subjected - is made. It is based on new research involving an analysis of nearly 30,000 pieces of delegated legislation; detailed investigation of 46 recent regulations based on in-depth interviews with those involved in developing, writing and scrutinising them and a major survey of nearly 400 interest groups. Delegated legislation is examined as a form of "everyday policy-making". It deals with important issues, from the level of welfare benefits to weapons exports, animal health and the prevention of air pollution, yet has been largely ignored in studies of the British political and administrative system. This book analyses the distinctive character of everyday policy making and the implications of how it works for our understanding of British democracy.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Politics in seclusion: but is it politics?
- it's politics, but not as we know it
- the character of secluded politics
- moving out of seclusion
- illuminating the obscurity. Part 2 Examining the instrument: what are statutory instruments?
- not new, but increasingly important
- how SIs are made - the formalities
- court and delegated legislation
- conclusions. Part 3 The stuff of everyday politics: reading the labels
- subjects covered and ministries concerned
- political action and SIs
- high politics, low politics and SIs
- how much of political importance is involved and delegated legislation?. Part 4 The origins of regulations: different types of SI
- where do the initiatives come from?
- conclusions. Part 5 Ministers on top: what gets referred to ministers and when
- delegated legislation - the domain of the junior minister
- the nature of ministerial involvement
- the muffled impact of parties
- conclusions. Part 6 Drafting SIs - the joint effort of administrators and lawyers: administrators' roles
- lawyers' roles
- conclusions. Part 7 Consulting outside interests: contrasting consultative processes
- is consultation inclusive?
- responding to consultations
- conclusions. Part 8 The discreet impact of parliamentary scrutiny: the joint committee on statutory instruments
- scrutiny of policy
- assessing the impact of parliament
- conclusions. Part 9 Everyday politics and high politics: understanding everyday government
- forms of bias
- the relationship between everyday and high politics
- governing in a nether world
- appendices.
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