1.The politics of regulation in the age of governance Part I. Theories of regulation for the age of governance 2. W(h)ither the economic theory of regulation? What economic theory of regulation? - Anthony Ogus 3. The history of regulation in the United Kingdom: three case studies in search of a theory - Iain Mclean 4. Institutional change in regulatory policies: regulation through independet agencies and the three new institutionalisms - Fabrizio Gilardi 5. Regulatory co-opetition: transcending the regulatory competition debate - Damien Geradin 6. Accountability and transparency in regulation: critiques, doctrines and instruments - Martin Lodge 7. Regulation in the age of governance: the rise of the post-regulatory state - Colin Scott Part II - Comparative perspectives on the politics of regulation 8. Comparative research designs in the study of regulation: how to increase the number of cases without compromising the strengths of case-oriented analysis - David Levi-Faur 9. The political foundantions of the European regulatory state - Nicolas Jabko 10. Modes of regulation in the governance of the European Union: towards a comprehensive evaluation - Christoph Knill 11. Divergent convergence: structures and functions of national regulatory authorities in the telecommunications sector - Marc Tenbucken 12. Law in the age of governance: regulation, networks and lawyers - Patrick Schimidt 13. Regulatory designs, institutional constellations and the study of the regulatory state - Jacint Jordana