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This chapter provides an overview of the book. It starts by discussing what is the regulation of infrastructure and utilities, who are the actors that take part to regulatory activity, and what is the meaning of regulatory policy. The chapter also introduces the use of cases for illustrating policy and management issues that are encountered in the regulation of infrastructure and utilities. Finally, the chapter outlines the structure of the book, which consists of three parts—namely, “devising regulation”, “installing regulation” and “making regulation work”.
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Asquer, A. (2018). Infrastructure and Utilities: The Need for Regulation. In: Regulation of Infrastructure and Utilities. Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67735-4_1
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