Social Accountability in the Regulatory Policy Process: The Governance of Telecommunications in Italy and Spain

Righettini, Maria Stella; Grimaldi, Selena

doi:10.1057/9781137349583_7

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“…Claims of autonomy, independence, and knowledge intensity characteristic of private nongovernmental regulatory agencies have shaped greatly their approaches to accountability through, among other things, promoting a greater emphasis on output-focused instruments (Schrefler 2010;Jordana et al 2015). Our study has subjected to scrutiny the practices and procedures by which regulatory accountability is enabled by reference to one such instrument and, by doing so, contributed some further insights to add to a growing academic debate into regulatory accountability not only as a virtue but also an object of analytical enquiry (Bovens 2006(Bovens , 2007Jordana et al 2015;Righettini and Grimaldi 2015).…”

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“…Specifically, prior studies have shown that IRAs often opt for accountability solutions that facilitate technocratic policy making (based on skills and performance assessment) and are helpful in effectively managing the relationship between the regulator and its wide-ranging audiences (Schrefler 2010(Schrefler , 2013Righettini and Grimaldi 2015). Righettini and Grimaldi (2015, p. 148), for example, argue that IRAs often pursue accountability arrangements that rely on co-regulatory policy tools that ''create mutual adjustments and compliance obligations'' and are designed to address stakeholder demands for both information and justification.…”

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Accountability in an Independent Regulatory Setting: The Use of Impact Assessment in the Regulation of Financial Reporting in the UK

Samsonova-Taddei

Turley

2017

J Bus Ethics

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The growing reliance on non-governmental independent regulators in many social and economic domains, including corporate financial reporting, has brought to the fore concerns over their regulatory accountability. This study looks at one aspect of the regulatory due process-regulatory impact assessment (IA). Drawing on the analytical framework developed by Bovens (Public accountability: a framework for the analysis and assessment of accountability arrangements in the public domain. CONNEX papers, Research Group 2, Democracy and Accountability in the EU, 2006, Eur Law J 13(4): 447-468, 2007), we evaluate the contribution of IA as an instrument for enhancing regulatory accountability in the context of the Financial Reporting Council, an independent regulator for the accountancy profession in the UK. The study's findings suggest that, despite an increasing level of sophistication in the manner in which IA is used within FRC, the contribution of IA to regulatory accountability remains limited. Specifically, there are concerns as to whether IA is used to achieve a transparent and fair regulatory process or simply to maintain an image of good governance and justify policy decisions that would have been made even in the absence of IA.

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Section: The Role Of Ia In the Context Of Irasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accountability in an Independent Regulatory Setting: The Use of Impact Assessment in the Regulation of Financial Reporting in the UK

Samsonova-Taddei

Turley

2017

J Bus Ethics

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“…Thus institutional entrepreneurship here is defined both structurally and functionally. Structurally, as office holding, with exclusive accountability and communication tasks, and functionally, as a set of opportunities and resources to be activated (Bianculli, Fernandez & Jordana, 2015;Puppis, Maggetti, Gilardi, Papadopulos, & Biela, 2013;Righettini & Grimaldi, 2015). The IRA, and its presidency, can therefore act as entrepreneurs for institutional and policy change, and their communication and programmatic resources allow them to deliver written and oral public discourses through which to give an accounting of change (or lack thereof).…”

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Institutional entrepreneurship and change in consumer protection policy in the telecommunications sector: innovations in the text-based analysis approach

Righettini

Sbalchiero

2017

Policy and Society

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This article analyses the institutional entrepreneurship within independent regulatory agencies (IRAs) as a variable explaining policy change over time and seeks to offer new insight for the identification and analysis of structure-agency relationships. The article contributes to the institutional entrepreneurship research agenda by connecting changes in IRA consumer protection policy to changes in agency leadership (specifically, agency presidents). The method used relies upon a quantitative and qualitative text analysis approach to connect and pinpoint structure-agency dynamics over time. The empirical sections compare and contrast the results obtained through the content analysis of the annual reports issued between 2000 and 2015 by the Italian Communications Authority (Agcom), and illustrate variations between periodic changes to Agcom's presidency and changes in ideas, strategies and tools in the field of consumer protection in the telecommunications sector.

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Framing Issues: Public Participation in Canadian Wireless Spectrum Consultations

Joseph

McNally

2023

Canadian Journal of Communication

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Background: A descriptive statistical analysis was performed on Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s (ISED) spectrum consultations from 2008 to 2021, along with a qualitative case study of the 2019 consultation on the 3500 MHz band. Analysis: The statistical analysis evinces the dominance of corporate participation in spectrum consultations, particularly by large wireless service providers. This article examines the relationship between the complicated technical framing of spectrum management issues and the corresponding lack of public participation. Conclusions and implications: To address the lack of public participation in spectrum management, the article proposes an adaptation of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel’s recommendation for a public interest committee for ISED’s consultation process.

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Social Accountability in the Regulatory Policy Process: The Governance of Telecommunications in Italy and Spain

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

Accountability in an Independent Regulatory Setting: The Use of Impact Assessment in the Regulation of Financial Reporting in the UK

Accountability in an Independent Regulatory Setting: The Use of Impact Assessment in the Regulation of Financial Reporting in the UK

Institutional entrepreneurship and change in consumer protection policy in the telecommunications sector: innovations in the text-based analysis approach

Framing Issues: Public Participation in Canadian Wireless Spectrum Consultations

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