01235pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002200040245009700062260000900159300001500168362000800183520083200191650002601023773005201049180718b2014   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMaggetti, Martino  aInstitutional change and the evolution of the regulatory state: Evidence from the Swiss case  c2014  ap.276-297.  aJun  aThis article examined institutional change in a case that was expected to be particularly resilient but showed considerable structural transformations: the institutionalization of the regulatory state in Switzerland. This process is illustrated through the establishment of independent regulatory agencies (IRAs) in four areas: banking and finance; telecommunications; electricity; and competition. The theoretical framework developed by Streeck, Thelen and Mahoney is used to explore hypotheses about the modes of institutional change, with the methodology of diachronic within-case study. Results confirm only partially the expectations, pointing to layering and displacement as the prevalent modes of change. The concluding part discusses the type and the direction of change as additional explanatory factors. - Reproduced.  aOrganizational change  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences