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- Clean Air at What Cost?
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Clean Air at What Cost?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Blunt Force Regulation
- Chapter 3 Why Blunt Force Regulation?
- Chapter 4 Blunt Force Regulation and Bureaucratic Control
- Chapter 5 The Impact of Blunt Force Regulation
- Chapter 6 What Are the Alternatives?
- Chapter 7 Managing the Risks
- Chapter 8 Comparative Implications
- Chapter 9 Conclusion
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Chapter 2 - Blunt Force Regulation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 January 2023
- Clean Air at What Cost?
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Clean Air at What Cost?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Blunt Force Regulation
- Chapter 3 Why Blunt Force Regulation?
- Chapter 4 Blunt Force Regulation and Bureaucratic Control
- Chapter 5 The Impact of Blunt Force Regulation
- Chapter 6 What Are the Alternatives?
- Chapter 7 Managing the Risks
- Chapter 8 Comparative Implications
- Chapter 9 Conclusion
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Summary
This chapter clarifies why blunt force regulation is so distinctive. It begins by outlining two underlying logics regulatory enforcement, namely, “rules-based” regulation (which prioritizes effectiveness) and “risk-based” regulation (which prioritizes efficiency). Drawing on case details, it then illustrates how blunt force regulation fits into neither category, offering neither efficient nor effective regulation in the long-term. Instead, it represents an unusual combination of indiscriminate enforcement (which devalues compliances) and arbitrary but inflexible enforcement (which increases regulatory distrust and business uncertainty). This raises the question: Why blunt force regulation?
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- Clean Air at What Cost?The Rise of Blunt Force Regulation in China, pp. 28 - 48Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023