The global diffusion of regulatory agencies: Channels of transfer and stages of diffusion

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1343-1369

  Jordana, Jacint ^b,c   Levi Faur, David ^a   i Marín, Xavier Fernández ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT BARCELONA D ESTUDIS INTERNACIONALS IBEI   (Spain)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; diffusion; regulation; regulatory agencies; regulatory capitalism; regulatory state

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960631924     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011407466     Document Type: Article

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