Collaborative Regulation: Collaborative Governance in Regulation

Abstract

This chapter reviews the interrelation between collaborative governance (CG) and regulation and the way CG principles are reflected in the development of regulatory theory. CG is a governing method involving government and nongovernment partners. The use of CG can be found in many policy areas. The method is also used in regulation and in various models that can be framed as “collaborative regulation” (CR). Despite the close connection between CG and CR, they are discussed separately in the literature and without any reference as to how the two are interrelated. The regulatory literature is also missing an analytic overview of the roots and development of CR and its relation with voluntary regulation models. The chapter aims to fill this gap in the literature.