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Science-policy boundaries: national styles?

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  • Willem Halffman

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The approach of ‘national styles of regulation’ in comparative research of regulatory policy and expertise, stresses the importance of national traditions and institutions. Historically rooted institutions tend to be used to make sense of national differences. Although such national patterns can be identified and are corroborated by extensive empirical research, the conceptualisation runs into problems, especially when trying to understand policy change and in-country variation among policy sectors. Drawing on my own comparative empirical research on the regulation of environmental hazards of chemicals, I propose changes to the conceptualisation of national styles that accommodate variation among policy sectors. The structure of the science-policy boundary in expert advice is integrated as a crucial element for the description of variation in regulatory regimes. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Willem Halffman, 2005. "Science-policy boundaries: national styles?," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 32(6), pages 457-467, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:32:y:2005:i:6:p:457-467
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    1. Johan Eriksson & Mikael Karlsson & Marta Reuter, 2010. "Technocracy, Politicization, and Noninvolvement: Politics of Expertise in the European Regulation of Chemicals," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 27(2), pages 167-185, March.
    2. Timo Y. Maas & Annet Pauwelussen & Esther Turnhout, 2022. "Co-producing the science–policy interface: towards common but differentiated responsibilities," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Kristian Krieger, 2013. "The limits and variety of risk‐based governance: The case of flood management in Germany and England," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 7(2), pages 236-257, June.
    4. David Demortain, 2012. "Enabling global principle‐based regulation: The case of risk analysis in the Codex Alimentarius," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 6(2), pages 207-224, June.

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