Governing by numbers : delegated legislation and everyday policy-making /: delegated legislation and everyday policy-making. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Edward C. Page.
• Other Names: Page, Edward
• Contents: Politics in Seclusion -- But is it politics? -- It's politics, but not as we know it -- The character of secluded politics -- Moving out of seclusion -- Illuminating the obscurity -- Examining the Instrument -- What are Statutory Instruments? -- Not new, but increasingly important -- How SIs are made: the formalities -- Courts and delegated legislation -- The stuff of everyday politics -- Reading the labels -- Subjects covered and ministries concerned -- Political action and SIs -- High politics, low politics and SIs -- How much of political importance is involved in delegated legislation? -- The origins of regulations -- Different types of SI -- Where do the initiatives come from? -- Ministers on Top -- What gets referred to ministers and when -- Delegated legislation: the domain of the junior minister -- The nature of ministerial involvement -- The muffled impact of parties -- Drafting SIs: the joint effort of administrators and lawyers -- Administrators' roles -- Lawyers' roles -- Consulting outside interests -- Contrasting consultative processes -- Is consultation inclusive? -- Responding to consultations -- The discreet impact of parliamentary scrutiny -- The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments -- Scrutiny of policy -- Assessing the impact of Parliament -- Everyday politics and high politics -- Understanding everyday government -- Forms of bias -- The relationship between everyday and high politics -- Governing in a nether world -- Appendix A: The Medicines (Control of Substances for Manufacture) (Revocation) Order 1997 -- Appendix B: Analysis of SIs on CD-ROM -- Appendix C: SIs examined in detail in Chapter 3 -- Appendix D: Selection of 46 SIs for detailed case studies -- Appendix E: Survey of interest groups -- List of SIs cited in text.
• Publisher Details: Oxford [England] Portland, Or : Hart Pub
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 342.42066; Delegated legislation -- Great Britain; Policy sciences; Règlements (Droit administratif) -- Grande-Bretagne; Sciences de la politique; LAW -- Constitutional; LAW -- Public; Delegated legislation; Policy sciences; Wetgeving; Regelgeving; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847310996; 1847310990; 1280808403; 9781280808401
• Related ISBNs: 9781841132075; 1841132071
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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