It has become part of the mantra of contemporary science policy that the resolution of besetting problems calls for the active engagement of a wide range of sciences. The paper reviews some of the key challenges for those striving for a more impactful social science by engaging strategically...

Under the existing terms of the Common Fisheries Policy, responsibility for fisheries management within the 12 mile territorial limits rests with the individual member state. In England and Wales that responsibility has been devolved to 12, regionally based Sea Fisheries Committees, involving a...

Inshore fisheries are coming under increasing pressure to account for wider environmental impacts and relations with other users of marine space. However approaches to inshore fisheries management across Britain's devolved governments are becoming even more strikingly divergent. While in England...

W ARD N., L OWE P. and B RIDGES T. (2003) Rural and regional development: the role of the Regional Development Agencies in England, Reg. Studies 37 , 201- 214. The Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) were established in 1999 to promote economic development in the English regions and inherited...

This book charts the consequences for banking supervision of two stylized developments that over the last decade have characterized the global financial landscape: the integration of cross-sector and cross-border financial services. Both developments inevitably call for a supervisory response...

Contributing to a convergence of legal and economic approaches, The Economics of Antitrust and Regulation in Telecommunications integrates economic theory into current EU antitrust policy within the sector. The book addresses the role of competition and regulatory policies on a number of key...

A growing challenge for central banks is to secure monetary and financial stability simultaneously. Indeed, somewhat paradoxically, success in controlling inflation can sometimes contribute to the development of imbalances that ultimately lead to financial stresses, with potentially serious...