Society, Regulation and Governance

Edited by Regine Paul, Professor in Political Science, Department of Government, University of Bergen, Norway, Marc Mölders, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Alfons Bora, Michael Huber, Law and Society Unit, Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University, Germany and Peter Münte, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Austria

• 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.’