The State, Constitutions and Implementing Economic Policy: Privatization and Regulation in the UK, France and the USA
| DOI | 10.1177/096466399500400405 |
| Date | 01 December 1995 |
| Author | Tony Prosser |
| Published date | 01 December 1995 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
THE
STATE,
CONSTITUTIONS
AND
IMPLEMENTING
ECONOMIC
POLICY:
PRIVATIZATION
AND
REGULATION
IN
THE UK,
FRANCE
AND
THE USA
TONY
PROSSER
University
of Glasgow
LTHOUGH
THE
GENERAL
THEME
of
this
special
issue
is
comparative
sociology
of
law,
I
hope
to
bring
a
somewhat
different
jL
perspective
to
it
as
a
lawyer
who
is
interested
in
the
literature
of
political
studies,
and
it
is
this
that
provides
the
theoretical
underpinnings
of
my
contribution.
It
draws
on
work
that
I
did
with
colleagues
on
the
privatization
of
public
enterprises
and
regulation
after
privatization,
looking
particularly
at
the
effect
of
different
constitutional
cultures
on
policy
implementation
(Graham
and
Prosser,
1991;
Moran
and
Prosser,
1992).
One
of
the
key
differences
we
analysed,
especially
in
comparison
of
France
and
the
UK,
was
the
difference
in
the
concept
of
the
state
employed
in
the
two
nations;
this
raises
issues
of
constitutional
cultures
of
considerable
importance,
I
hope,
in
understanding
different
cultural
conceptions
of
law. <
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CULTURE,
INSTITUTIONS
AND
CONSTITUTIONS
A
concern
with
the
effect
of
national
cultures
is
of
course
a
perennial
theme
within
comparative
political
studies.
There
is
however
a
danger
that
the
concept
SOCIAL
&
LEGAL
STUDIES
(SAGE,
London,
Thousand
Oaks,
CA
and
New
Delhi),
Vol.
4
(1995),
507-516
507-
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