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{"title":"Mapping Organized Crime as a Stakeholder: A Risk‐Based and Responsive Governance Perspective","authors":"Giovanni Scirè, Enzo Bivona","doi":"10.1111/rego.70194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70194","url":null,"abstract":"Organized crime (OC) can influence firms through coercion, collusion, financial ties, and supply‐chain relationships, yet these interactions remain underexamined in stakeholder theory. This article conceptualizes organized crime as an analytically relevant but non‐normatively legitimate stakeholder and develops a risk‐based framework combining stakeholder salience, interface channel, interest level, and influence strategy. The framework specifies when OC is likely to command managerial attention and which configurations are expected to pose the greatest risks of value destruction and escalation. Three illustrative Italian cases involving preventive anti‐mafia measures show variation from latent relational exposure, through indirect supply‐chain contamination, to embedded ownership and financial control. By linking these configurations to graduated governance responses, the framework helps managers and regulators calibrate proportionate, revisable, and auditable interventions. It extends stakeholder theory to adversarial actors while clarifying institutional conditions that shape the credibility of prevention and remediation.","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148587212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Power and Participation: Assessing Collaborative Governance of Organic Standards in Canada","authors":"Amanda Wilson, Susanna Klassen, Abra Brynne","doi":"10.1111/rego.70192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70192","url":null,"abstract":"Against a backdrop of increasing political, economic, and ecological volatility, participatory governance could provide a valuable mechanism to counteract democratic backsliding caused by unchecked power and regulatory capture. Food systems in particular are a site where many interests and sectors converge—including health, agriculture, land use, labor, environment, and climate change—and where there has been increasing interest and experimentation in forms of participatory governance. This research uses the example of the organic standards governance process to understand how governance structures can enable transitions to more sustainable and just systems (including but not limited to food systems), and what we can learn from existing participatory governance approaches about how to govern complex systems in a collaborative and inclusive way. We conducted 20 semi‐structured interviews with individuals who have participated in recent organic standards review processes and analyzed key documents to characterize the sources and arenas of power at play. We found that formal authority and discursive legitimacy are enabling some participants to maintain influence at a time when increasing professionalization and resource‐based power would otherwise dominate the process. In particular, the processes in place to ensure opportunities for public comment, diverse sector representation, and limited political influence all contribute to a collaborative, participatory process. At the same time, the organic sector is facing significant challenges due to the high costs of administering such a labor‐intensive process, a lack of consistent funding, and the imminent closure of the Canadian General Standards Board as an institutional structure to support the organic standards review process. Despite these challenges, the governance of the Canadian organic standards has been a robust and unique instance of participatory governance that merits continued support.","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148587213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Virtues of Regulatory Criminology","authors":"John Braithwaite, Valerie Braithwaite","doi":"10.1111/rego.70193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70193","url":null,"abstract":"This special issue demonstrates that regulatory studies and criminology both have virtue. Regulatory criminology has neglected virtues that exceed the sum of its parts. The editors did a splendid job of pointing out in their introduction that criminology created a number of theoretical traditions that have had moments of passing value and relevance to regulatory studies. In both fields, and at their intersections, one of these traditions, an economism of rational choice, even enjoyed periods of domination. At times, this narrowed scholarly imagination has won Nobel Prizes in economics. Today economists are less present at criminology, law and society, and regulation and governance conferences. Economists must be attracted back so that intellectual renewal on offer from regulatory studies and criminology might broaden their imaginations, and they ours. Regulation and governance can benefit greatly from noting how criminologists integrate insights from micro and macro levels by fine‐grained studies of the <jats:italic>modus operandi</jats:italic> of lawbreakers that are connected to a historical imagination for the longue durée and a sociological imagination of macrostructures.","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148587218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measuring and Explaining the Robustness of Party Ethics Self‐Regulation","authors":"Luís de Sousa, Fernando Casal Bértoa, Hugo Ferrinho Lopes, Lúcio Hanenberg","doi":"10.1111/rego.70189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70189","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past two decades, political parties have undertaken a series of intra‐party reforms aimed at reinforcing ethical standards and restoring public confidence. These regulatory developments have been insufficiently studied and remain a blind spot in the literature. The purpose of this article is to explain, drawing on existing theories of regulation, not only why political parties engage in ethics self‐regulation, but also why the robustness of party ethics self‐regulation (PESR) varies across 241 parliamentary parties in 34 countries. For that, we will make use of an updated version of a recently developed dataset which congregates public information on self‐regulatory efforts developed by political parties to address ethical issues within their organizations. Our results suggest that intra‐party ethics reforms are primarily driven by legal tradition, strategic incentives, and risk exposure.","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"178 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148499209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Governing Without Enforcing: Foundational Legal Infrastructure and the Capacity–Justiciability Gap in AI Rights Protection","authors":"Carlos García‐Llorente, Ignacio Olmeda","doi":"10.1111/rego.70191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70191","url":null,"abstract":"Across 124 jurisdictions, formal legal architecture for AI‐related rights protection—including data protection legislation, independent oversight authorities, and sanctioning powers—is substantially more developed than the institutional conditions that make those rights operationally enforceable in practice. This paper introduces the concept of the capacity–justiciability gap to capture this structural disconnect: the distance between the formal existence of rights‐relevant legal infrastructure and the operational conditions necessary to activate it against algorithmic decisions and impacts. Drawing on an original dataset of 124 countries combining indicators of formal legal architecture with measures of operational institutional effectiveness, we document that this gap is widespread and cannot be explained by legal origin, political North–South classifications, or general measures of institutional quality. We further argue that two structural mechanisms—technological dependency and cost externalization—operate specifically on the operational side of the gap, eroding the effectiveness of oversight, enforcement, and redress mechanisms that formal frameworks establish but cannot guarantee in practice. These mechanisms resist quantitative operationalization with available comparative data and are examined qualitatively through the cases of Bangladesh, Brazil, and Kenya, selected as paradigmatic instances where substantial formal capacity coexists with limited operational justiciability. The findings suggest that AI governance must be evaluated not by the density of its formal frameworks but by the strength of the foundational institutional conditions that enable enforceable rights, with direct implications for how regulatory effectiveness is conceptualized in contexts of structural technological dependency. More broadly, the capacity–justiciability gap may characterize any regulatory domain in which formal authority is systematically decoupled from the material conditions necessary to exercise it—making AI an extreme but analytically generative instance of a wider structural condition in regulatory governance.","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148475981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"In Vain or Virtue? Explaining Pesticide Reduction Ambitions in the EU Common Agricultural Policy National Strategic Plans","authors":"Daniel Polman, Pieter Zwaan, Gerry Alons","doi":"10.1111/rego.70188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70188","url":null,"abstract":"The development of national strategic plans (NSPs) under the EU's common agricultural policy (CAP) involves considerable coordination between Member States and the (European) Commission. In this process, the Commission provides recommendations to each Member State before they submit their draft NSPs and observations at a later stage before Member States submit their final NSP. The Commission's assessment is based on the NSPs' contribution to the formal CAP's objectives, as well as the (not binding) EU Green Deal (EGD) objectives. Comparisons of NSPs show a wide variation in Member States' level of ambition regarding the EGD objectives, including targets for reducing pesticide use. This paper examines under which conditions Member States set high pesticide reduction targets or increase their targets during the process, and what the role of the Commission is in this process. Based on the existing literature on EU policy coordination, we expect that the extent to which Member States set ambitious targets for pesticide reduction and respond to the Commission's recommendations and observations depends on the perceived legitimacy of the Commission, the presence of Green parties in government, existing national pesticide use trends, and domestic power concentration. Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis, we show that the Commission has a role here. Its recommendations can contribute to higher ambition in Member States, but always in combination with other conditions. We find four pathways that are associated with high levels of ambition and three pathways explaining an increase in ambition after the publication of draft NSPs. These findings provide new insights for the debate on the Commission's soft power in EU policy coordination.","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148414842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Collective Corporate Power and the International Maritime Organization ( IMO )","authors":"Alex Gould","doi":"10.1111/rego.70190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70190","url":null,"abstract":"The importance of international shipping in economic development, as well as its intersection with international security, environmental protection and other fields of global governance, has encouraged much interest in the rule‐making processes that govern the sector. While literature has often highlighted the centrality of corporate power in maritime policy processes, existing scholarship has lacked detailed accounts of how corporate power in these processes is constructed and sustained. In this context, this article examines the construction of corporate power in the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN specialized agency that regulates global shipping. Drawing on literature on the politics of knowledge in global governance, the article seeks to examine how corporate actors (focusing on shipowners) negotiate expert authority in the IMO. It argues that shipowners' associations, uniquely, can generate the forms of material and epistemic resources that enable shipowners' negotiation of expert authority in the organization. In making this argument, the article contributes to literatures on both maritime governance and business associations.","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148409060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing Better Regulation Reforms in the in Law Making Process: An Empirical Study of Greece's Compliance With Better Regulation Criteria From 2015 to 2023 and the Effects of Regulatory Framework Reforms","authors":"Constantinos Saravakos, Panagiotis Karkatsoulis, Efi Stefopoulou, Georgios Archontas","doi":"10.1111/rego.70186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70186","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past decade, the better regulation agenda has emerged as a powerful instrument for enhancing the law‐making process across the EU. This paper empirically investigates Greece's adherence to better regulation principles, focusing on key aspects such as the regulatory text, public consultation processes, impact assessments, parliamentary procedures, and the activation of subordinate legislation. Utilizing a novel dataset spanning from 2015 to 2023, this study analyzes the developments in key better regulation principles following the enactment of two critical laws aimed at reforming Greece's lawmaking process. While notable progress has been observed in several areas, such as public consultations and the structure of the regulatory text, persistent shortcomings in amendments, impact assessments, and practical implementation remain. This analysis provides valuable insights into the dynamics of recent institutional reforms and their effectiveness in aligning Greece's legislative output with the overarching goals of better regulation.","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148414843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sharing the Burden: How Corporatism Shapes the Division of Environmental Tax Revenue","authors":"Pär Dalén","doi":"10.1111/rego.70181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70181","url":null,"abstract":"This comparative study spanning more than two decades examines how corporatist institutions shape the distribution of environmental tax revenue between producers and consumers. Environmental taxes have become a key policy instrument for addressing climate change and other environmental problems, but their effectiveness and political viability likely depend on how these taxes are collected and distributed. We develop two competing theoretical perspectives with opposing expectations: corporatist structures could facilitate sustainable producer responsibility through coordinated bargaining and long‐term agreements or enable organized producers to shift tax burdens onto consumers. Using panel data from 29 countries covering the period 1995–2018 and error‐correction models, we find that corporatism is associated with lower producer shares of environmental tax revenues. The study suggests that corporatist institutions may contribute to environmental tax cost shifting to consumers, potentially constraining producer incentives for green transitions and provoking public opposition to environmental taxation.","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"158 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148409021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Legal Clarity and the Rule of Law: A Global Experimental Study of Consistency in Administrative Decision‐Making","authors":"Joakim Nilsson, Marina Nistotskaya","doi":"10.1111/rego.70185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70185","url":null,"abstract":"Laws often contain linguistically complex features that increase cognitive processing demands and weaken comprehension. We extend this argument to bureaucratic decision‐making by proposing that reduced legal clarity decreases the consistency of administrative decisions. We test this argument using an online survey experiment with nearly 900 current and former government officials from 33 countries, who were randomly assigned to adjudicate a real administrative case under either a less‐clear or clearer legal text. The case, which involves a building permit application, provides a realistic and broadly comparable context for examining how legal clarity shapes consistency in administrative decision‐making. Exposure to reduced legal clarity significantly decreased the consistency in law application and increased the likelihood of legally incorrect decisions. There is no evidence that reduced legal clarity systematically steers decision‐makers toward a single dominant error category.","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148393976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}