Part 1. Theories of regulation for the age of governance W(h)ither the economic theory of regulation? What economic theory of regulation? Anthony Ogus The history of regulation in the United Kingdom: three case studies in search of a theory - Iain McLean Institutional change in regulatory policies: regulation through independent agencies and the three new institutionalisms - Fabrizio Gilardi Regulatory co-opetition: transcending the regulatory competition debate - Damien Geradin e Joseph A. McCahery Accountability and transparency in regulation: critiques, doctrines and instruments - Martin Lodge Regulation in the age of governance: the rise of the post-regulatory state - Colin Scott Part II. Comparative perspectives on the politics of regulation Comparative research designs in the study of regulation: how to increase the number of cases without compromising the streghts of case-oriented analysis - David Levi-Faur The political foundations of the European regulatory state - Nicolas Jabko Modes of regulation in the governance of the European Union: towards a comprehensive evaluation - Christoph Knill and Andrea Lenschow Divergent convergence: structures and functions of national regulatory authorities in the telecomunications sector - Marc Tenbücken and Volker Schneider Law in the age of governance: regulation, networks and lawyers - Patrick Schmidt Regulatory designs, institutional constellations and the study of the regulatory state - Jacint Jordana and David Sancho