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dc.contributor.authorHolley, Cameron
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorMutongwizo, Tariro
dc.contributor.authorShearing, Clifford
dc.contributor.editorSullivan, Helen
dc.contributor.editorDickinson, Helen
dc.contributor.editorHenderson, Hayley
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-23T22:20:13Z
dc.date.available2020-11-23T22:20:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.isbn9783030030087
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-29980-4_7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/399489
dc.description.abstractThe rapid pace of change, uncertainty, and social contest associated with emerging regulatory spaces create challenges for public servants. In particular, their capacity to act in the public interest may be constrained as contesting interests vie for influence in nascent regulatory environs. This chapter explores these issues and the potential for regulatory capture in the context of unconventional gas and its regulation. Empirically based case studies of regulators in Texas and Colorado in the USA and Queensland, Australia, are relied on. The existing regulatory frameworks governing unconventional gas in each state are considered to enable a thorough examination of the landscape of which public servants and their regulatory agencies are a part. The chapter demonstrates that the speed at which unconventional gas exploration is taking place creates challenges for public servants and regulatory agencies, as laws may not be aligned to practice. The chapter draws on its findings to reflect on the specific regulatory practices that are needed to ensure the accountability and legitimacy of the public sector in such contested spaces, including reforming state regulatory systems and pursuing alternative governance pathways in which relationships between industry, government, and society might be reconfigured.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleThe Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant
dc.relation.ispartofchapter23
dc.relation.ispartofchapternumbers90
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom835
dc.relation.ispartofpageto852
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCorporate governance
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic sector organisation and management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350701
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350714
dc.titlePublic Servants and Regulator Capture in Energy and Environmental Governance
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHolley, C; Kennedy, A; Mutongwizo, T; Shearing, C, Public Servants and Regulator Capture in Energy and Environmental Governance, The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, 2021, pp. 835–852
dc.date.updated2020-11-20T02:27:19Z
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gro.griffith.authorShearing, Clifford D.
gro.griffith.authorMutongwizo, Tariro


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