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On Different Tracks Designing Railway Regulation in Britain and Germany
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Martin Lodge
ISBN: 0-275-97601-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97601-9
232 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/2002
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £68.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: The governments of several countries are in the process of reforming their regulatory regimes for the railways, and there is much debate about the appropriate regulation of transport in general and railways in particular—especially in light of environmental concerns about traffic congestion and air pollution and economic concerns about the financing of infrastructure and services. This volume investigates how Britain and Germany regulated their railways at three different points in time over the past century: after the First World War, after the Second World War, and in the 1990s. Its central focus is the design of regulatory regimes and the impact of institutional factors on the selection of design ideas and on processes of isomorphism. By placing a comparative analysis of regulatory design in a historical context and an institutional framework, the author contributes to the current debate on the emergence of the regulatory state in the late 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    Isomorphism in Regulatory Choice
    Regulatory Change after the First World War
    Institutional Weakness and Domain Orientation in Britain
    Minimum Insulation and Persistence in Germany
    The Age of Public Ownership
    The "Socialisation of Transport" and the Search for Efficiency in Britain
    Choosing between Domestic "Paths" in West Germany
    Regulatory Reform and Forms of Privatization
    "Regulation by Competition" as Switchman for the Traffic of Regulatory Design Ideas in Britain
    Domain-Oriented Isomorphism and Institutional Compromise in Germany
    Conclusion
    Epilogue
    Appendix
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: MARTIN LODGE is Senior Research Officer at the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
LCC Class: 343
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