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670 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. 6 (2017)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0670 and id is 1 raw text is: Introducing Regulatory Intermediaries By KENNETH W. ABBOTT, DAVID LEVI-FAUR, and DUNCAN SNIDAL Regulation is frequently viewed as a two- party relationship between a regulator (R) and the targets of its regulation (T). This vol- ume conceives of regulation as a three-party system, in which intermediaries (I) provide assistance to regulators and/or targets, drawing on their own capabilities, authority, and legiti- macy. Our framework article for the volume, Theorizing Regulatory Intermediaries: The RIT Model, sets out a general theoretical model for analyzing the roles and implications of regulatory intermediaries in diverse settings. Examples of this three-party RIT model of regulation abound. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) supplements its own inspectors by engaging private auditors to moni- tor food imports, and empowers other private bodies to accredit auditors (Lytton, this volume). Private transnational regulatory schemes such as the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Fairtrade International (FLO) also rely on inde- pendent auditors and accreditors (Auld and Renckens, this volume; Loconto, this volume). Kenneth W Abbott is Jack E. Brown Professor of Law, professor of global studies, and senior sustainability scholar at Arizona State University. His research focuses on the interdisciplinary study of international institutions, international law, and international rela- tions. David Levi-Faur is the head of the Federmann School of Public Policy and Government and a member of the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a founding editor of Regulation & Governance. He is currently working on the interaction between regulation and welfare state governance. Duncan Snidal is a professorial fellow of international relations at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. He is afounding editor of International Theory and studies the role of formal and informal institutions in promot- ing international cooperation. Correspondence: ken.abbott@asu.edu DOI: 10.1177/0002716217695519 ANNALS, AAPSS, 670, March 2017 6