ESSAYS ON REGULATORY GOVERNANCE

ESSAYS ON REGULATORY GOVERNANCE

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STABILIZATION IN A NORDIC CONTEXT

INTRODUCTION

1. THE NORDIC MODEL

2. SOCIAL CAPITAL

3. A COMPARISON OF SOCIAL MODELS

5. THE VALUE OF COLLECTIVE STATE ACTION

5. SOCIAL CAPITAL OF THE NORDIC MACRO TYPE

6. THE THREAT OF NON-MAINTENANCE

REGULATORY WELFARE TRADE-OFFS

INTRODUCTION

1. THE EMERGENCE OF THE REGULATORY STATE

2. REGULATORY WELFARE STATE TRADITION AND MODELS

3. WELFARE-STATE MODELS AND REGULATORY INNOVATION

4. REGULATORY TRADE-OFFS

5. EUROPEAN REGULATORY TRADE-OFFS

DISTRIBUTED PUBLIC GOVERNANCE: DOES DEMOCRACY WORK?

INTRODUCTION

1. SUBSIDIARITY

2. VAGUENESS ON PURPOSE

3. TWO HYPOTHESES

4. STATE FORMATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITIONS

5. THE NOTIONS OF DISTRIBUTED PUBLIC GOVERNANCE

6. REGIONALIZATION

a. Regional Distributed Public Governance: The Continental Tradition

b. Regional Distributed Public Governance: The British Tradition

c. Regional Distributed Public Governance: The Norwegian Case

CONCLUSION

DEFINING DEMOCRACY

INTRODUCTION

1. DEMOCRATIC MODELS

2. SUBSIDIARITY; DEMOCRATIC APPROACH OR JUST DISTRIBUTED PUBLIC GOVERNANCE?

3. MAKING THE EU COMPETENCE MORE DEMOCRATIC THROUGH SUBSIDIARITY

4. CONFIRMATION OF TWO HYPOTHESES

5. STATE FORMATION AND DEMOCRATIC TRADITIONS

6. TERRITORIAL SIZE AND DISTRIBUTED PUBLIC GOVERNANCE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF SUBSIDIARITY

7. THE NEW DEMOCRACY AND ITS MECHANISMS

REGULATORY PETROLEUM GOVERNANCE: THE NORWEGIAN CASE

INTRODUCTION

1. THE EMERGENCE OF THE NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM SECTOR

Norway Oil Production Falls, Gas Production Rises

2. THE ARRIVAL OF THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT PENSION FUND - GLOBAL

Purpose

Key Design Features

Investment Guidelines

Transparency

3. ETHICAL GUIDELINES

A Regulatory Approach

Basis

Mechanisms

Negative Screening and Exclusion

Indicators

4. VULNERABILITY AND RISK ANALYSIS OF THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND - GLOBAL

5. WHAT DOES NORWAY GET OUT OF THE GPF-G? THE DILEMMA; FOREIGN INVESTMENTS VERSUS DOMESTIC INVESTMENTS

6. WHAT DOES NORWAY GET OUT OF THE GPF-G? - THE DILEMMA; NEGATIVE ETHICAL EXCLUSION VERSUS POSITIVE SELECTION

THE POLITICAL-ECONOMY BACKGROUND OF THE CONTEMPORARY CRISIS

INTRODUCTION

1. NEO-INTERVENTIONISM AND NEO-KEYNESIANISM OF TODAY

2. PRINCIPLES OF THE PRE-KEYNESIAN STATE

Adam Smith

David Ricardo

Thomas Robert Malthus

Karl Marx

3. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE INTERVENTIONIST KEYNESIAN STATE

4. IN THE SHADOW OF THE INTERNATIONAL STAGFLATION CRISIS

5. EXPLANATION APPROACHES TO THE KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS IN CRISIS

Explanation Approach 1

Explanation Approach 2

Explanation Approach 3

Explanation Approach 4

6. THE REGULATORY STATE AND NEO-INTERVENTIONISM

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

Official Reports

CHAPTER 6

INDEX