The Concept of Regulatory State: An Analysis of Regulation as Instrument of Governance

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor of Public Law, Allameh Tabataba'i University

2 Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Conceptual fragmentation of regulation and the existence of different definitions and perceptions thereof, prevent a clear understanding of the concept of the regulatory state. This research seeks to answer the question "What role does understanding of regulatory play in conceptualizing regulatory state?" It hypothesizes that "an understanding of regulation, as the most important tool of governance in the regulatory state, is the most important factor in understanding the term regulatory state." The purpose of this study is to provide a clear the concept of regulatory state. For this purpose, various definitions of regulation and regulatory state are collected using library method, thereafter the terms regulation and regulatory state are defined and the components of the definition of regulatory state are described using the descriptive-analytical method and its differences with minimal and welfare state are shown. The finding of this study is the clarification of the concepts of regulation and regulatory state and provision of clear definitions of the two, which has been obtained in the light of the knowledge obtained from analyzing and reviewing various definitions of them, and comparing regulatory state with minimal and welfare state.

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  • Receive Date: 18 May 2021
  • Revise Date: 18 July 2021
  • Accept Date: 08 September 2021

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