The Role of Non State Actors in Multi-Level Regulatory Regimes

Abstract

Contemporary regulatory dynamics are increasingly characterized by the interplay of public and private actors located at multiple levels of governance. Both national and international regulators – e.g. executive and regulatory agencies and/or (semi-) private organizations involved in regulation – play an important role in these multi-level regulatory regimes. This panel specifically focuses on the interplay and power struggles between regulators and private actors, in particular regulatees and interest groups, located at different levels of governance. The panel aims to address questions such as, the effect of regulators’ interactions with private stakeholders on the de facto autonomy of regulatory agencies, the impact of interest groups and regulatees on regulatory agency decision-making at multiple governance levels, the involvement of regulatees and interest groups in designing and implementing regulatory norms and self-regulatory arrangements, and the content of interactions between regulators and private actors and the effect of these interactions on the outcome of regulation. Contributions from different subdisciplines of social sciences, such as comparative politics, international relations, European integration research and organizational studies are most welcome and the papers might address the panel’s subject at different territorial levels (national, international, multi-level). The panel is open to both theoretical/conceptual and empirical papers adopting various research designs. Theoretical/conceptual papers should aim to present fresh or novel approaches, or synthesize existing thinking. Empirical papers should be theoretically informed, rely on systematic research designs and test hypotheses by using rigorous qualitative and/or quantitative research methods.

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