Governing by Numbers - Delegated Legislation and Everyday Policy-Making

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. Delegatedlegislation 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.

Product details

• Authors: Edward C Page, Edward C. Page, Edward C. Professor Page
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.03.2001
• EAN: 9781841132075
• ISBN: 978-1-84113-207-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 238 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; England, Wales, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political structures: democracy, Central / national / federal government, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions, Central government