Restraining <scp>G</scp>ulliver: <scp>I</scp>nstitutional reform and the strengthening of state capacity and compliance

García, Kimberly A. Nolan; Aspinwall, Mark

doi:10.1111/rego.12181

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“…One way of easily increasing knowledge and expertise in an organisation is to hire individuals with this expertise (Nolan Garcia and Aspinwall, 2019). Many of the organisations had lawyers working within the organisation and drew upon this expertise to aid the mainstreaming of equality and human rights.…”

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Mainstreaming equality and human rights: Factors that inhibit and facilitate implementation in regulators, inspectorates and ombuds in England and Wales

Barrett

2024

International Journal of Law in Context

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To date the mainstreaming of equality and human rights law into public sector organisations has been underwhelming with the implementation of these norms being ad hoc and inconsistent. Existing research on factors that influence implementation has been either too general or too disjointed. This article has two aims to advance research on the implementation of equality and human rights: (i) to outline factors that influence the implementation of these norms and (ii) provide a more settled foundations for future research on equality and human rights implementation. It does this through interviews, undertaken in 2018–2019, with individuals responsible for leading the implementation of equality and human rights law within public sector organisations (specifically regulators, inspectorates and ombudsmen) in England and Wales. On the basis of this, the article makes suggestions for how the implementation of equality and human rights can be advanced further through changes to the regulatory environment.

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Section: Recruitment Of Knowledgeable/experienced Staffmentioning

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Mainstreaming equality and human rights: Factors that inhibit and facilitate implementation in regulators, inspectorates and ombuds in England and Wales

Barrett

2024

International Journal of Law in Context

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“…However, some aspects of the regulatory policy process have received less attention over the years. On the one hand, there has been a decreasing interest in investigating the inputs of the regulatory process broadly speaking, looking at more than just political institutions (exceptions are Guardiancich & Guidi, ; Nolan García & Aspinwall, ; Steinebach, Knill, & Jordana, ; Thatcher, ). The interests of business groups, trade unions, consumers, and NGOs have not been featuring as prominently as at the beginning of the studies on regulation.…”

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Modes of regulatory governance: A political economy perspective

2020

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This article introduces the special issue by presenting a framework for the study of regulatory politics using the analytical tools and approaches of comparative political economy. Having traced the evolution of studies on regulation, it argues that scholars should pay more attention to the systemic features affecting regulation and to the relationship between regulatory policies and their outcomes. The article presents the foundations of an analytical framework based on the "regulatory policy process," a comprehensive approach that links inputs, outputs, and outcomes. The review of the contributions to this special issue shows that regulatory regimes can be better understood by placing them within the broader political economy of a state or region. A renewed focus on regulatory outcomes can help foresee what one should expect from the impact of a certain regulatory regime on a political-economic system.

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“…Moral exhortations are of limited value compared to structural reforms, whether legal or organizational. Nevertheless, proposals for the greater moralization of public officials are not uncommon (Nolan García & Aspinwall ). Opportunities for corruption may be removed by deregulation – so there are no relevant rules that can be invoked to facilitate or obstruct the provision of a service.…”

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Understanding “corruption” in regulatory agencies: The case of food inspection in Saudi Arabia

Almutairi¹,

Connerton

Dingwall

2019

Regulation & Governance

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Corruption is a relatively neglected topic in studies of regulatory agencies. The label is applied to a wide range of deviations from behavioral standards ultimately derived from Weber's account of the ideals of Prussian bureaucracy. This paper draws on a study of the work of Saudi Food Inspectors to argue that it is unhelpful to reduce a complex phenomenon to simple allegations of malpractice that can be managed by disciplinary sanctions. Our data show that irregular behavior by street-level agents may be deeply embedded in the expectations that members of a society have of one another. It is less a matter of personal gain than of maintaining one's recognition as a fellow citizen. Such behavior is not easily changed through sanctions directed at individual inspectors. Our study does not exclude the possibility that irregular behavior can be motivated by personal gain, and properly managed by criminal or similar penalties. However, it does propose that research should be more sensitive to the contexts within which irregular behavior occurs rather than treating "corruption" as a uniform and homogenous phenomenon. , and local media reports. These data show that much of what is labeled as "corruption" has less to do with personal economic gain than with recognition as a fellow citizen. We conclude with a discussion of the limitations of reform agendas that focus purely on increasing disciplinary pressures on street-level workers.

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Restraining Gulliver: Institutional reform and the strengthening of state capacity and compliance

Cited by 7 publications

References 27 publications

Mainstreaming equality and human rights: Factors that inhibit and facilitate implementation in regulators, inspectorates and ombuds in England and Wales

Mainstreaming equality and human rights: Factors that inhibit and facilitate implementation in regulators, inspectorates and ombuds in England and Wales

Modes of regulatory governance: A political economy perspective

Understanding “corruption” in regulatory agencies: The case of food inspection in Saudi Arabia

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