Introduction -- The rise of regulatory governance -- Theories of regulation -- Regulatory space and regulatory regimes -- Policy processes and the regulatory policy cycle -- Bad, better and legitimate regulation -- Define: agenda-setting, issue diagnosis and objective setting -- Design: regime...

New frontiers and objectives of financial regulation -- Microcredit and microfinance : general characteristics -- Dimension I : microfinance as multi-facets creature : the legal enigma and different levels of regulation -- Dimension II : the social objective within the business structure and...

The ends and means of public policy / Mark Fabian -- Behavioural theories and public policy / Uwe Dulleck -- Institutions matter : an introduction to the role of institutions in public policy / Julia Talbot-Jones -- Regulatory theories and frameworks / Elizabeth Bluff -- Why do we need...