Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I THE FORCES FOR CHANGE
6. CHAPTER ONE. Understanding Regulatory Reform 9
7. CHAPTER TWO. Why Change the Rules ? 25
8. CHAPTER THREE. The United Kingdom and Japan: Two Paths to Regulatory Reform 43
9. PART II REGULATORY REFORM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
10. CHAPTER FOUR. Telecommunications: The Creation of Competition 65
11. CHAPTER FIVE. Financial Services: The Big Bang and the Proliferation of Rules 93
12. CHAPTER SIX. Regulatory Reform British Style: The Separation of Regulatory Powers 118
13. PART III REGULATORY REFORM IN JAPAN 135
14. CHAPTER SEVEN. Telecommunications: Reregulation with a Vengeance 137
15. CHAPTER EIGHT. Financial Services: The Ministry of Finance and the Perpetual Bargain 167
16. CHAPTER NINE. Regulatory Reform Japanese Style: The Strategy Behind Slowness 196
17. PART IV THE POLITICS OF REGULATORY REFORM
18. CHAPTER TEN. Other Countries: The Many Roads to Reregulation 217
19. CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Irony of State-Led Deregulation 256
20. References 271
21. Index 288