Regulatory governance and its legitimacy problem (II): making and unmaking of regulatory institutions

Abstract

To what extent and how does regulatory governance stay legitimate amid changing technological, economic, and political circumstances, the rise of populism and democratic backsliding, and scepticisms over established experts and expertise? Our two panels bring together scholars interested in the interactions between regulatory politics and democratic politics. The first panel looks at the role of technical expertise – a quality that has often been considered central to the legitimacy of the regulatory state – as well as other qualities such as accountability, procedural fairness, and stakeholder engagement of regulatory agencies in tackling politicisation and populist challenges. The second panel examines how the role of the regulator and the instruments of governance are undermined or redefined as response to political and technological changes.

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