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Governing by Numbers
By
Edward C. Page
Description
Governing by
Numbers is a jargon-free account of how delegated legislation - laws
that do not pass through the full legislative scrutiny to which Acts
of Parliament are subjected - is made. It is based on new research
involving an analysis of nearly 30,000 pieces of delegated
legislation; detailed investigation of 46 recent regulations based on
in-depth interviews with those involved in developing, writing and
scrutinising them and a major survey of nearly 400 interest groups.
Delegated
legislation is
examined as a form of \"everyday policy-making\". It deals
with important issues, from the level of welfare benefits to weapons
exports, animal health and the prevention of air pollution, yet has
been largely ignored in studies of the British political and
administrative system. This book analyses the distinctive character
of everyday policy making and the implications of how it works for
our understanding of British democracy.
Edward C Page is
Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professor of Public Policy at the LSE and a
Fellow of the British Academy.
Contents
List of Tables and
Figures
Ch. 1 Politics in
Seclusion 1
Ch. 2 Examining
the Instrument 19
Ch. 3 The stuff
of everyday politics 35
Ch. 4 The origins
of regulations 55
Ch. 5 Ministers
on Top 83
Ch. 6 Drafting
SIs: the joint effort of administrators and lawyers 103
Ch. 7 Consulting
outside interests 129
Ch. 8 The
discreet impact of parliamentary scrutiny 157
Ch. 9 Everyday
politics and high politics 177
App. A The
Medicines (Control of Substances for Manufacture) (Revocation) Order
1997 195
App. B Analysis
of SIs on CD-ROM 199
App. C SIs
examined in detail in Chapter 3 201
App. D Selection
of 46 SIs for detailed case studies 213
App. E Survey of
interest groups 217
List of SIs
cited in text 223
Bibliography 231
Index 235
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