The Regulatory Craft: Controlling Risks, Solving Problems, and Managing Compliance

Overview

The Regulatory Craft tackles one of the most pressing public policy issues of our time the reform of regulatory and enforcement practice. Malcolm K. Sparrow shows how the vogue prescriptions for reform (centered on concepts of customer service and process improvement) fail to take account of the distinctive character of regulatory responsibilities which involve the delivery of obligations rather than just services. In order to construct more balanced prescriptions for reform, Sparrow invites us to reconsider the central purpose of social regulation the abatement or control of risks to society.