In the last decade the industrial landscape and regulatory structures of the network industries such as telecommunications, energy and rail transport, have undergone a profound transformation. Liberalization has fragmented the former natural monopoly sectors; new players with new preferences...

Whilst the lack of democratic legitimation in the European polity is striking when measured against member state parliamentarian democracies, this focus shifts attention off those less obvious empirical processes which enhance democratic legitimation in Europe. In order to compensate for the...

The provision of utilities for all at an affordable price has long been regarded as a prerequisite for everyday life, generally guaranteed by the state. But in recent years, publicly-owned utilities throughout Europe have come under increasing fire for their poor performance - their lack of...

Die europäische regulative Politik erwächst aus einem bunten Feld nationaler regulativer Traditionen und Interessen. Diese stoßen im europäischen Entscheidungsprozeß aufeinander und werden zum Ausgleich gebracht. Die informellen Muster, die - im Rahmen der europäischen institutionellen...