regulierungstheoretischen

Regulierungstheoretischen is the attributive adjective form used in German to describe concepts, analyses, or perspectives that belong to regulation theory (Regulationstheorie). In scholarly contexts the noun refers to a framework that examines how capitalist economies stabilize and reproduce themselves through social and institutional arrangements. The expression regulierungstheoretischen is commonly found in phrases such as regulierungstheoretische Analyse or regulierungstheoretische Perspektiven, indicating that the approach adheres to or employs regulation-theory concepts.

Regulation theory emerged in the late 20th century, associated with the Régulation School of France, and was developed in German-speaking scholarship to study long-term economic and social processes. Its central idea is that modern economies repeatedly move through different regimes of accumulation, coordinated by a specific set of institutions, laws, and social norms. A key concept is the mode of regulation, a stable configuration of macroeconomic policies, labor relations, financial practices, and state intervention that legitimizes surplus distribution and economic growth. Transitions between regimes are driven by systemic crises, which prompt institutional reform and adjustment.

Core components often discussed in regulierungstheoretischen contexts include the interaction of market mechanisms with non-market institutions, the role of the state and class coalitions, the importance of historical time and path dependence, and the ways in which globalization influences regulation and stability. The approach is used to analyze phenomena such as the Fordist-to-post-Fordist shift, crisis dynamics, and regulatory reforms in finance and industry. Critics argue that regulation theory can lack precise microfoundations and may be difficult to test empirically, but it remains influential in comparative historical analysis of economic and social regulation.