With the release of The UK and Multi-Level Financial Regulation , finance watchers will no longer need to baffle over the UKs seemingly erratic post-crisis behavior: its frequent departure from light-touch regulation, its inconsistent support of European and international harmonization, and its apparent abandonment of City of London interests in the pursuit of Brexit. James and Quaglias timely and readable book promises to be the guide to the UKs role in
shaping recent and future financial regulation. Scholars, analysts, authorities, and market participants will appreciate the meticulously-researched cases, recognition of regulators as political actors, incorporation of complexity and temporality, and theoretical synthesis all of which contribute to a
compelling explanation of British goals, strategies and influence within Europe and at the international level.
Dr Scott James joined King's College London in September 2008, and served as Deputy Head of the Department of Political Economy from 2015-16. From 2012 to 2016, he was Principal Investigator on the ESRC-funded 'Voices in the City' project, and since 2016 has been part of the UK research team for the nine-country Horizon 2020 'EMU Choices' project. In 2017 Dr James held a visiting position at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. Dr James has
published 14 articles in leading international journals, a monograph with Manchester University Press, and several book chapters with Palgrave Macmillan.
Lucia Quaglia is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna (IT). She was professor of Political Science at the University of York (2012-2017) (UK). She was awarded research fellowships by the Hanse-Wissenschafts Kolleg (DE), the University of Bremen (DE), the Fonds National de la Recherche (Luxembourg), the Max Planck Institute in Cologne (DE), the Scuola Normale Superiore (IT), and the European University Institute (IT). She has published 7 books, 4 of which with Oxford
University Press. She has guest co-edited 4 special issues of highly ranked academic journals.