01359pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001800040245008900058260000900147300001300156520093800169650005401107650003801161773002601199180718b2000   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aJames, Oliver  aRegulation inside government: public interest justifications and regulatory failures  c2000  ap.327-43  aRegulation is normally thought of as government regulation of the private sector, particularly business. However, there is a developing literature on regulation inside government, exploring the ways in which government regulates itself through a range of bodies which set standards for public sector organizations, monitor them and seek to bring about compliance with those standards. Reading across economic theories of business regulation to regulation inside government, this article suggests that the current wave of reform inside the UK public sector implicitly reflects a public interest view of regulation. However, the analogous public interest justification for the regulation of business has been heavily criticized and regulatory failures have been suggested including regulation in the interest of regulated bodies, regulation in the interest of regulators and the high costs of operating regulatory systems. - Reproduced  aGovernment regulation of commerce - Great Britain  aGovernment regulation of commerce  aPublic Administration