Module POLM009M for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM009M: Regulation and Reform: Analysis and Policy
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will include the following topics in the order indicated:
1. Different tides of regulatory reform. Regulatory reform strategies
2. The rise of the better regulation agenda: history and diffusion patterns. Better regulation as public policy
3. Theoretical expectations about better regulation: public choice and administrative-constitutional legal scholarship
4. The better regulation toolkit - overview
5. Regulatory impact assessment
6. Comparative analysis: the EU and the USA
7. Comparative analysis across OECD nations
8. The case of developing countries
9. Regulatory indicators and the management of better regulation
10. Why better regulation is adopted and not implemented: empirical evidence and theoretical considerations
11. Appraising better regulation: normative analysis
12. Conclusions
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 182 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 10 | Ten Lectures (1 hour) |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 6 | Three Group Work sessions (2 hours each) |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 5 | Two Workshops (2.5 hours each) |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 3 | One Guest Presentation (3 hours) |
| Guided independent study | 82 | Reading, thinking and preparing for lectures and workshops |
| Guided independent study | 94 | Assignment preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Black, J. (2007) Tensions in the Regulatory State. Public Law, 58-73.
Froud, J., Boden, R., Ogus, A., & Stubbs, P. (1998) Controlling the Regulators. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan.
McCubbins, M. D., Noll, R. G., & Weingast, B. R. (1987) Administrative procedures as instruments of political control. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 3(2), 243-277.
Meuwese, A. C. M. (2008) Impact assessment in EU law-making. KluwerLaw International.
OECD. (2002). Regulatory policies in OECD countries : from interventionism to regulatory governance. Paris: OECD.
Radaelli, C.M. and F. De Francesco. (2007) Regulatory Quality in Europe: Concepts, Measures, and Policy Processes. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Renda, A. (2006) Impact Assessment in the EU. The State of the Art and the Art of the State. Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies.
Weatherill, S. (2007) Better Regulation. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
The module will be supported by ELE materials, including links to core texts and audio-visual streams
ELE – vle.exeter.ac.uk
