The regulation of standards in British public life : doing the right thing? / David Hine and Gillian Peele.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-313) and index.

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This is an analysis of the revolution of the last two decades that has built an extensive new regulatory apparatus governing British public ethics. The book sets the new machinery in the wider institutional framework of British government. Its main purpose is to understand the dilemmas of regulatory design that have emerged in each area examined.

Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction: regulating public ethics in the United Kingdom; The scope of the book; Regulation involving public ethics; Categorising the regulatory framework; Regulatory dilemmas: proportionality and regulatory risk; Independence, self-regulation, accountability; Analytical framework; Notes; 2 Integrity issues: a changing agenda; Introduction; Early approaches to integrity questions; The unaddressed agenda.

The Thatcher years: changed incentives and new areas of ethical riskJohn Major and the problem of sleaze; The impact on Labour; Other drivers of change; Conclusions; Notes; 3 Building the United Kingdom's integrity machinery: the role of the Committee on Standards in Public Life; Introduction; The Committee on Standards in Public Life; The CSPL and Parliament; Common threads: principles, codes, independent scrutiny, education and training; Learning from doing; The CSPL and the changing character of regulatory politics; Conclusions; Notes.

4 The House of Commons: the slow erosion of self-regulationIntroduction; The importance of legislative ethics; Types of impropriety in legislatures; The Westminster system and the challenge of reform; Tools of legislative ethics; Self-regulation reformed; Patterns of misconduct; Conclusions; Notes; 5 The expenses crisis: statutory regulation and its difficulties; Introduction: the ethical blind spot of parliamentary expenses; The expenses scandal in outline; The 2009 Parliamentary Standards Act and the 2010 Constitutional Reform and Governance Act; Implementing the IPSA scheme for expenses.

IPSA's accountability: the frameworkAccountability in practice; Conclusions; Notes; 6 The House of Lords and reluctant reform; Introduction; Regulating standards in the House of Lords; The path to the Committee on Standards in Public Life's Seventh Report; The Register of Interests; The Committee on Standards in Public Life 2000 Report; The impact of misconduct; The Eames Report; Another expenses scandal; A new regime; Conclusions: continuing concerns; Notes; 7 Regulation at the centre of government: the Ministerial Code; Introduction; Ethics for ministers: partisan gain and private gain.

Making ministers accountableThe status of the Ministerial Code; Applying the Code in controversial cases; Rethinking the Code; The Ministerial Code after 2010; Conclusion; Notes; 8 Whitehall wars: protecting civil-service impartiality; Administrative ethics; The interface between politics and administration; Civil service reform under Labour; The CRGA 2010: a victory for the traditional relationship?; Political patronage beyond the civil service; Conclusion; Notes; 9 Regulating the after-life: ministers, civil servants and revolving doors; Post-employment conflicts of interest.

In English.

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