The Regulatory Enterprise: Government, Regulation, & Legitimacy by Tony Prosser

The Regulatory EnterpriseGovernment, Regulation, and Legitimacy\nAuthor(s): Tony Prosser\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oxford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780199579839, 978-0199579839\nSynopsis\nTony Prosser examines a range of different British regulatory bodies, including the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the Food Standards Agency, the Environment Agency, the Health and Safety Executive, the regulators for health and social care, and the utility regulators covering communications, energy, rail, and water. He emphasizes that no regulator works in isolation but is part of a complex network of different institutions, including central government departments and European institutions. Effective regulatory accountability requires that the relations between the different bodies are clear and transparent, and the book assesses the extent to which this is achieved in practice.\n\nProsser also highlights the range of tasks whi.