MARTIN LODGE is Senior Research Officer at the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

• Introduction Isomorphism in Regulatory Choice Regulatory Change after the First World War Institutional Weakness and Domain Orientation in Britain Minimum Insulation and Persistence in Germany The Age of Public Ownership The "Socialisation of Transport" and the Search for Efficiency in Britain Choosing between Domestic "Paths" in West Germany Regulatory Reform and Forms of Privatization "Regulation by Competition" as Switchman for the Traffic of Regulatory Design Ideas in Britain Domain-Oriented Isomorphism and Institutional Compromise in Germany Conclusion Epilogue Appendix Bibliography Index

MARTIN LODGE is Senior Research Officer at the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

• Introduction Isomorphism in Regulatory Choice Regulatory Change after the First World War Institutional Weakness and Domain Orientation in Britain Minimum Insulation and Persistence in Germany The Age of Public Ownership The "Socialisation of Transport" and the Search for Efficiency in Britain Choosing between Domestic "Paths" in West Germany Regulatory Reform and Forms of Privatization "Regulation by Competition" as Switchman for the Traffic of Regulatory Design Ideas in Britain Domain-Oriented Isomorphism and Institutional Compromise in Germany Conclusion Epilogue Appendix Bibliography Index