pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Theories of regulation for the age of governance -- pt. 3. Historical and comparative perspectives on the regulatory state -- pt. 4. Selected issues in the study of regulation -- pt. 5. Regulating old and new media -- pt. 6. Risk regulation -- pt. 7. Politics of regulatory enforcement and compliance -- pt. 8. Toward better regulation? -- pt. 9. Civil regulation -- pt. 10. Regulatory governance in the European Union -- pt. 11. Global regulation.