Download or read book The Regulatory State in an Age of Governance written by R. King and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-09-20 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an account of the regulatory state and governance. This book examines both key concepts and theories, and important policy domains, and utilizes comparative, historical and transnational perspectives. It questions whether the regulatory state that has developed over the decades is an authoritarian or a liberalizing mode of governance.