Asquer, Alberto
The Political Economy of Local Regulation
1. Introduction
Alberto Asquer, Franco Becchis, Daniele Russolillo
Part I. Theoretical Frameworks
2. Where Things Happen: The Local Dimension in Regulation
Franco Becchis
3. Researching the Political Economy of Regulation at the Local Level: Theoretical and Methodological Issues
Alberto Asquer
4. Knowing the Field for Infrastructure and Service Regulation at the Local Level: Players, Information, Incentives
Franco Becchis, Daniele Russolillo
5. The Impact of Institutional and Organisational Factors in the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Local Regulatory Systems
David Sancho
6. What Economic Theory Can (and Cannot) Say About Local Regulation
Andrea Gallice
7. Perspectives on Civil Regulation, Firms, and the Environment
Gary Lynch-Wood, David Williamson, David Horton
8. Economics of Complexity and the Analysis of Local Regulation: The Case of Urban Mobility
Angela Ambrosino, Elena Maggi, Elena Vallino
9. Regulatory Contracts and the Scope for Local Decision-Making with Respect to Energy Distribution Networks
Vincent Pál
Part II. Case Studies in Western Countries
10. National Standards, Subnational Enforcement: Regulating US Natural Gas Pipelines
Michael J. Brogan
11. Water Sector Regulation in France: A Complex Multi-Model and Multi-Level Regulatory Framework
Maria Salvetti, Guillem Canneva
12. Local Electricity Regulation in Germany
Gerhard Fuchs
13. Strengthening the Determinants of the Local Government Capacities for the Successful PPP Implementation in the Western Balkans
Tatjana Jovanic, Sladjana Sredojevic
Part III. Case Studies in Emergent and Developing Countries
14. Regulation of Small Local Water Service Providers in Mali
Martina Rama
15. Water Supply in the State of Karnataka, India
Arvind Shrivastava
16. Assessment and Design of Local Regulation in Solid Waste Management in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Marco Caniato
17. Challenges and Policy Responses to Local Water Management and Regulation in Brazil
Sebastián López Azumendi
Part IV. Policy Issues in Local Regulation
18. Local Regulation and District Heating in Italy
Fabio Massimo Esposito
19. Control and Regulation of Water and Sanitation (WS) Services in Bulgaria: Effect on Quality and Efficiency
Ivaylo Kastchiev
20. A Regulatory Multi-Level Reform in Italian Urban Waste Service Management: From Several Local Regulatory Agencies to a Unique Regional One
Giovanni Biagini
21. Regulating Local Environmental Standards Through Private Incentives
Fausto Makishi, João Paulo Cândia Veiga, Murilo Alves Zacareli
22. The Youth Guarantee: The Cases of Milan (Lombardy) and Naples (Campania)
Giuseppe Acconcia, Paolo R. Graziano
23. Urban Waste Management in Florence Metropolitan Area
Andrea Sbandati
24. Conclusion
Alberto Asquer, Franco Becchis, Daniele Russolillo
Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political Economy, Public Policy, Comparative Politics
- Editor
- Asquer, Alberto
- Becchis, Franco
- Russolillo, Daniele
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2017
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy
- Page amount
- 25 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781137588289
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-137-58827-2