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- Title
Regulation by Ridicule: Humorous Denigration as a Regulatory Instrument.
- Authors
Grabosky, Peter
- Abstract
This article analyzes ridicule as a regulatory instrument. It discusses the nature and forms of ridicule, its functions across time and cultures, then reviews its place within the paradigm of regulatory pluralism. Ridicule is hardly a regulatory panacea, but it has significant potential to mobilize public interest constituencies, and to raise the consciousness of members of the public who might not otherwise be attuned to conventional policy discourse. This is particularly the case since the advent of social media.
- Subjects
LEGAL pluralism; PUBLIC interest; RIDICULE; SOCIAL media; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Law, Culture & the Humanities, 2016, Vol 12, Issue 2, p373
- ISSN
1743-8721
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1743872113493079