The ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Politics of Financial Services Regulation in the European Union

Lucia Quaglia

New Political Economy, 2012, vol. 17, issue 4, 515-535

Abstract: This research examines the regulatory response of the European Union to the global financial crisis, addressing the questions of whether, how and why the global financial crisis has changed the ‘old’ politics of financial services regulation in the EU and resulted in the emergence of a ‘new’ politics. It is argued that, with a good dose of political opportunism and ‘anti-free market’ rhetoric, a continental advocacy coalition sponsoring a ‘market-shaping’ regulatory approach has capitalised on the crisis, tipping the balance of regulatory power in the EU in its favour, as compared to the pre-crisis situation.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2012.622360

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