A. Bianculli & J. Jordana 
Accountability and Regulatory Governance 
Audiences, Controls and Responsibilities in the Politics of Regulation

This collection improves our understanding of the problems associated to accountability in regulatory governance, focusing on audiences, controls and responsibilities in the politics of regulation and through a systematic exploration of the various mechanisms through which accountability in regulatory governance

Table of Content

1. When Accountability Meets Regulation: An Introduction; Jacint Jordana, Andrea C. Bianculli and Xavier-Fernández-i-Marín 2. Varieties of Accountability Mechanisms in Regulatory Agencies; Xavier-Fernández-i-Marín, Jacint Jordana and Andrea C. Bianculli 3. Explaining Self-Perceived Accountability of Regulatory Agencies in Comparative Perspective: How do Formal Independence and De Facto Managerial Autonomy Interact; Koen Verhoest, Astrid Molenveld and Tom Willems 4. Assessing the Mandatory Accountability of Regulatory Agencies; Christel Koop 5. Modelling the Relationship between Independence and Accountability of Regulatory Agencies; Mattia Guidi 6. Designing Accountability Regimes at the European Union Level; Nuria Font 7. Social Accountability in the Regulatory Policy Process: The Governance of Telecommunications in Italy and Spain; Maria Stella Righettini and Selena Grimaldi 8. Accountability of the IRAs in Turkey: A Cross-Sectoral Comparison; I?ik Özel 9. Regulatory Capitalism, Accountability and Democracy; Colin Scott 10. Financial Markets and Regulatory Accountability: Between Technocratic Autonomy and Democratic Direction; Nicholas Dorn 11. Accountability and Consumer Sovereignty; Martin Lodge 12. Some Comparative Conclusions on Regulatory Governance and Accountability; Andrea C. Bianculli, Jacint Jordana, Xavier Fernández-i-Marín

About the author

Andrea C. Bianculli, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), Spain Nicholas Dorn, Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Xavier Fernández-i-Marín, ESADE Business School, Spain Nuria Font, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Selena Grimaldi, University of Padova, Italy Mattia Guidi, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome Jacint Jordana, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain and Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), Spain Christel Koop, King’s College London, UK Martin Lodge, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Astrid Molenveld, KU Leuven, Belgium and University of Antwerp, Belgium I??k Özel, Sabanc? University, Istanbul Maria Stella Righettini, University of Padua, Italy Colin Scott, University College Dublin, Ireland Koen Verhoest, University of Antwerp, Belgium Tom Willems, University of Antwerp, Belgium