Society, Regulation and Governance

New Modes of Shaping Social Change?

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvRegine Paul,Marc Mölders,Alfons Bora,Michael Huber,Peter Münte

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Society, Regulation and Governance critically appraises the issue of intentional social change through the lens of regulation and governance studies. A twofold understanding of regulation and governance underpins the conceptual and empirical engagement throughout the book. On the one hand, regulation and governance are understood to be innovatively minded. On the other hand the book argues that, at their respective cores, regulation and governance are continuously concerned with how intentional social change can be fostered and what results can be yielded in terms of shaping society. This book brings together sociologists, political scientists, legal scholars and historians to produce an interdisciplinary critical evaluation of alleged 'new modes' of social change, specifically: risk, publics and participation. It makes three key contributions by:offering a consolidation and re-appraisal of a debate that has become increasingly vague with its academic and political proliferationidentifying a uniting conceptual-analytical core between regulation and governance which explains the adaptability and innovation-mindedness of processes of 'shaping society're-focusing on the 'essence' of regulation and governance approaches - intentional modes of social change. Society, Regulation and Governance will give significant insight into the potential and limits of new methods of social change, suiting a wide range of social science and legal academics due to its collaborative nature.Contributors include: A.-L. Beaussier, A. Bora, E. Carmel, M. Huber, D. Kuchenbuch, M. Mölders, P. Münte, R. Paul, H. Rothstein, J.-F. Schrape, L. Viellechner

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Utgivningsdatum2017-07-28
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781786438379

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Contents:Introduction. Society, regulation and governance: new modes of shaping social change?Regine Paul and Marc MöldersPart I Society, Regulation and Governance: A Conceptual-Analytical Map1. Semantics of ruling: reflective theories in regulation, governance and lawAlfons Bora2. ‘Bringing the social back in’: governance analysis as a mode of enquiryEmma CarmelPart II: New Modes of Social Change? ‘Risk’ and ‘Publics’ in Regulation and Governance3. Risk: new issue or new tool in regulation and governance research? Regine Paul4. Why states think about risk differently: the case of workplace safety regulation in France and the UK Henry Rothstein and Anne-Laure Beaussier5. Regulating teaching quality: comparing quality regulation in English and German higher education Michael Huber6. Governing through transnational arrangements: the case of internet domain allocationLars Viellechner7. Shaping pressure: on the regulatory effects of publicityMarc Mölders8. Reciprocal irritations: social media, mass media and the public sphereJan-Felix SchrapePart III: What’s New about New Modes of Social Change in Regulation and Governance? The Case of ‘Participation’9. The experimentalization of the social: activation, participation and social self-organization as scientific facts in the 1940s David Kuchenbuch 10. Improving modern society: governing science and technology by engineered participation Peter MünteReferencesIndex

‘Modern society is shaped in ways that were scarcely thought of a few years ago - and debates on regulation and governance have much work to do if they are to come to grips with new modes and sources of influence such as the new media and transnational engagements. This book makes an incisive contribution to the re-configuring of those debates and will appeal to all who look for an invigorated understanding of regulation, governance and social change.’