Regulators and their stakeholders in an age of turbulence

Abstract

Regulatory governance is said to have been increasingly under a variety of pressures that are often contradictory, conflictual, and unexpected. The changing environment that a regulator faces today demands a more systematic inquiry into changes in regulatory engagement with different types of stakeholders. This panel brings together scholars who explores the origins, processes, and the outcomes of regulatory engagement with economic and societal actors in turbulent times. The key questions we are interested in include (but are not limited to): - How does a regulator respond to external pressures and navigate itself in a changing environment? - How does a regulator engage with different economic and societal actors – business, consumers, and the public at large? What are the processes, tactics, and mechanisms a regulator uses in engaging with societal actors? - How and to what extent does the pressure from societal actors influence regulatory policy and institutions? Conversely, to what extent and how does a regulator’s engagement shape policy outputs and outcomes? - What are the implications of regulatory engagement for power, legitimacy, responsibility, and responsiveness in regulatory governance? We seek to address these questions through a variety of theoretical and methodological angles.

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