CHRISTOPHER HOOD is a Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy at London School of Economics.OLIVER JAMES is a Lecturer in Politics at Exeter University.GEORGE JONES is Professor of Government at London School of Economics.COLIN SCOTT is Lecturer in Law at London School of Economics.TONY TRAVERS is Director of the London Group at London School of Economics.

Hood and colleagues develop a single, coherent analysis around the idea of relational distance and formality and then apply it to a range of policy areas...More thematic and covering a wide range of substantive cases, Hood and colleagues provide and insightful analysis and a clear picture of the way the UK state is changing.

• Introduction ; PART1: INTRODUCING AND ANALYSING REGULATION INSIDE GOVERNMENT ; 1. A Regulatory State inside the State? ; 2. Running the Ruler over Regulation inside Government ; 3. Regulation in Government: Tools, Characteristics, and Behaviour ; PART 2: FIVE DOMAINS OF REGULATION INSIDE GOVERNMENT ; 4. Regulating Village Life in Central Government ; 5. Mirror Image or Double Whammy? Regulation and Local Government ; 6. All Bark, No Bite? The Regulation of Prisons in England and Wales ; 7. From Secret Garden to Reign of Terror? The Regulation of State Schools in England ; 8. Eurocratic Regulation ; PART 3: THE OVERALL PATTERN ; 9. Regulation in Government and the New Public Management ; 10. Regulating the Regulators: Policies for Reform ; Appendices ; References ; Index

CHRISTOPHER HOOD is a Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy at London School of Economics.OLIVER JAMES is a Lecturer in Politics at Exeter University.GEORGE JONES is Professor of Government at London School of Economics.COLIN SCOTT is Lecturer in Law at London School of Economics.TONY TRAVERS is Director of the London Group at London School of Economics.

Hood and colleagues develop a single, coherent analysis around the idea of relational distance and formality and then apply it to a range of policy areas...More thematic and covering a wide range of substantive cases, Hood and colleagues provide and insightful analysis and a clear picture of the way the UK state is changing.

• Introduction ; PART1: INTRODUCING AND ANALYSING REGULATION INSIDE GOVERNMENT ; 1. A Regulatory State inside the State? ; 2. Running the Ruler over Regulation inside Government ; 3. Regulation in Government: Tools, Characteristics, and Behaviour ; PART 2: FIVE DOMAINS OF REGULATION INSIDE GOVERNMENT ; 4. Regulating Village Life in Central Government ; 5. Mirror Image or Double Whammy? Regulation and Local Government ; 6. All Bark, No Bite? The Regulation of Prisons in England and Wales ; 7. From Secret Garden to Reign of Terror? The Regulation of State Schools in England ; 8. Eurocratic Regulation ; PART 3: THE OVERALL PATTERN ; 9. Regulation in Government and the New Public Management ; 10. Regulating the Regulators: Policies for Reform ; Appendices ; References ; Index