The Intersection of Regulation and Welfare (2/2 panels)

Abstract

Recent decades have seen a rise in regulation and the number of independent regulatory agencies, as well as fundamental changes in the governance of the welfare state, including large scale privatization, contracting-out and regulation. This panel focuses on papers which are interested in the intersection of these major changes in both the regulatory state and the welfare state. This might include a focus on how regulation is used to address social issues within and beyond economic sectors. Similarly, this also invites questions focusing on the regulatory elements of social sectors. For example, this includes questions on how tools of regulation are used within the context of the welfare state, in areas such as pensions, social care, healthcare and the labour market. On the other hand, it can include questions on the social aims pursued by regulators in financial markets, communications, energy, or insurance. How are tools of regulation used within the context of regulating social services, and how are concepts such as fairness, equity or vulnerability understood by regulators?

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Who is protected? Policy responses to Covid-19 in housing and the utilities	View Paper Details
Regulating labor rights of contracted-out employees and the welfare-labor regulatory state	View Paper Details
Tender Law and residential care facilities for youth at risk	View Paper Details