Regulation and regulation theory

Miguel Martínez Lucio and Robert MacKenzie

Chapter 3 in Theories and Concepts in Work and Employment Relations, 2025, pp 31-39 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The debate on regulation and employment relations covers a variety of academic approaches. Regulation theory has been important to widening the way we perceive regulation; going beyond the focus on institutional manifestations to understand the purpose and form of regulation in any given context. Notwithstanding various critiques, regulation theory encourages us to think of change across time and the shifts in the way the state intervenes and the manner in which regulation is structured in relation to both the economy and society. The chapter focuses on various debates within earlier French approaches to regulation theory, its later development within discussions on the state, and the emergence of a broader school of thought on regulation, especially in relation to regulatory space. The way we understand regulation varies, and the manner in which it is structured and contested is explained and evaluated.

Keywords: Regulation; Regulation theory; State; Employment relations; Regulatory space; Fordism and post-Fordism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035316199
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