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Rethinking de facto autonomy? A multi‐policy area approach and the regulatory policy process

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We examine de facto autonomy across regulatory agencies and policy sectors. Yet not much is known whether, how and why de facto autonomy could vary across policy areas within the same policy sector. This article demonstrates the existence of such variation and suggests that this variation depends on the interplay between stakeholders' diverging (or overlapping) policy preferences, deficient (or superior) organizational policy capacity, and institutional arrangements leading to enabled (or constrained) de facto autonomy. Relying on elite interviews and secondary resources, this study builds on an illustrative study on bank regulation in Turkey in the post‐GFC period and presents a nuanced understanding of de facto autonomy: a multi‐policy area approach to de facto autonomy that allows us to examine variation in de facto autonomy across policy areas, the determinants of the variation, and whether de facto autonomy is constrained or enabled, which structures the regulatory policy process. Examinamos la autonomía de facto entre las agencias reguladoras y los sectores de políticas. Sin embargo, no se sabe mucho si, cómo y por qué la autonomía de facto podría variar entre áreas de políticas dentro del mismo sector de políticas. Este artículo demuestra la existencia de tal variación; y sugiere que esta variación depende de la interacción entre las preferencias políticas divergentes (o superpuestas) de las partes deseadas, la capacidad política organizacional deficiente (o superior) y los arreglos institucionales que conducen a una autonomía de facto habilitada (o restringida). Basándose en entrevistas de élite y recursos secundarios, este estudio se basa en un estudio ilustrativo sobre la regulación bancaria en Turquía en el período posterior a GFC y presenta una comprensión matizada de la autonomía de facto: un enfoque de área de múltiples políticas para la autonomía de facto que nos permite Examinar la variación en la autonomía de facto entre áreas de política, los determinantes de la variación y si la autonomía de facto está restringida o habilitada, lo que estructura el proceso de política regulatoria. 我们研究了监管机构和政策部门在事实上的自治(de facto autonomy)。不过,有待研究的是,同一政策部门内的不同政策领域的事实自主权是否、如何以及为何会存在差异。本文证明了这种差异的存在,并表明该差异取决于一系列因素的相互影响,这些因素包括:利益攸关方的不同(或重叠)政策偏好、不足(或优越)的组织政策能力、以及导致促成(或限制)事实上的自治的制度安排。通过精英访谈和次级资源,本研究进一步分析了一项关于全球金融危机后期土耳其银行监管的说明性研究,并提出了对事实上的自治的细微理解:一项应对事实上的自治的多政策领域方法,允许我们分析不同政策领域的事实上的自治差异、差异的决定因素,以及事实上的自治是否受到限制或促进,进而构成了监管政策过程。

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  • M. Kerem Coban, 2024. "Rethinking de facto autonomy? A multi‐policy area approach and the regulatory policy process," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 41(3), pages 508-530, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:41:y:2024:i:3:p:508-530
    DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12526
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