The Regulatory State: The Power of Not Having the Power to Act

Journal article: In the light of the theory of incentives, the state is here considered as a chain of contracts between the citizen, the politician, the bureaucrat and the economic sphere. Yet, the incomplete character of these contracts shapes the forms of public action. This essay illustrates how the link between the citizen and the politician is thereby weakened, and the democratic implication of the citizen threatened.

Author(s)

David Martimort

Journal
  • Pouvoirs – Revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques
Date of publication
  • 2021
Pages
  • 95-108
Version
  • 1
Volume
  • 2021/2