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Greaves, Justin. (2009) Biopesticides, regulatory innovation and the regulatory state. Public Policy and Administration, Vol.24 (No.3). pp. 245-264. ISSN 0952-0767

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0952076709103810

Abstract

This article analyses regulatory innovation. It considers, in particular, how a regulatory environmental agency has been encouraged to innovate in the area of biopesticides. The literature on regulatory innovation is reviewed, the discussion situated within Moran's theory of the regulatory state. It considers to what extent innovation has occurred within the agency, looking at its proactive stance, and how unusually for a regulatory body it has negotiated new policy spaces in which to operate. The article looks at the contextual drivers and also the exogenous and endogenous pressures behind the innovation. It shows how the executive has intervened in order to promote more use of biopesticides and how pressure is also being exerted within the regulatory authority. By using the existing literature and empirical evidence a framework is outlined for explaining the likelihood of regulatory innovation occurring in regulatory agencies.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
K Law > KD England and Wales

Divisions:

Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Great Britain. Health and Safety Executive. Biocides & Pesticides Assessment Unit, Biological pest control agents -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain, Administrative agencies -- Great Britain, Environmental policy -- Great Britain

Journal or Publication Title:

Public Policy and Administration

Publisher:

Sage Publications Ltd.

ISSN:

0952-0767

Official Date:

July 2009

Dates:

Date	Event
July 2009	Published

Volume:

Vol.24

Number:

No.3

Page Range:

pp. 245-264

Identification Number:

10.1177/0952076709103810

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access

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