Regulatory quality in Europe : Concepts, measures and policy processes.

List of tables, boxes and figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Appraising regulatory policy; 2 Defining quality; 3 How indicators perform: a review of the literature; 4 Measuring the performance of better regulation policies: the cross-national experience; 5 The results of the questionnaire; 6 The state of play in the EU; 7 Better regulation indicators; 8 Conclusion; Appendixes; 1 Questionnaire -- measuring regulatory quality; 2 System 1. Indicators for the quality of the process; 3 System 2. Indicators for internal evaluation.

4 System 3. Indicators for external evaluationReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.

The European Union and its member states are investing in ambitious programmes for?better regulation? and targets of regulatory quality. This book lifts the veil of excessively optimistic propositions covering the whole better regulation agenda. It provides an innovative conceptual framework to handle the political complexity of regulatory governance. It approaches better regulation as an emerging public policy, with its own political context, actors, problems, rules of interaction, instruments, activities and impacts. Focusing on the key tools of impact assessment, consultation, simplificati.

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