GLOBALREG

The GlobalReg research group aims to study these processes and their impact in the transformation of the state in comparative perspective. The emergence and expansion of the so-called "regulatory state" across the globe calls for an interdisciplinary approach to capture the nuances and complexities of this process of diffusion. Therefore, the GlobalReg research group is formed by an international team of researchers in the area of comparative politics and international political economy to promote such interdisciplinarity... This project has documented and analyzed the process of diffusion of regulatory agencies across countries and sectors, while at the same time identifying varieties of regulatory agencies. To this end, the GlobalReg Research Group has developed a database on the institutional characteristics of regulatory agencies in 16 sectors and 119 countries, which includes various variables related to the organizational characteristics of agencies, on the one hand, and to the..

Primary location: Barcelona Spain