Regulation and Risk Occupational Health and Safety on the Railways

Name: Regulation and Risk Occupational Health and Safety on the Railways
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ISBN: 9780199242504

ISBN-10: 019924250X

ISBN-13: 9780199242504

Edition: 2001

Authors: Bridget M. Hutter

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Regulating the risks associated with economic activities is a feature of modern societies and one in which the state increasingly seeks to co-opt the regulatory powers of corporations. This book examines the impact of a system of enforced self-regulation on the corporate life of British Railways. It uses this case study of occupational health and safety regulation to focus on broader theoretical and empirical discussions of regulation, risk, and corporate activities. A central organizing perspective of this book is that regulation is a form of risk management. It examines how workplace risks in modern societies are managed by businesses and the individuals within them and considers what…

Book details

List price: $300.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/17/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 374
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Bridget Hutter is Peacock Chair of Risk Management at the LSE and Director of the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR) at the London School of Economics.



Introduction



Concepts and Orientations



The Railway Industry in Britain



Railways and Risk



The Law and the Railway Inspectorate



The Social Dimensions of Knowledge



Industry Enforced Self-Regulation



Participative Regulation?



The Communication of Risk



Understandings of Risk and Uncertainty



Risk-Taking and Compliance



Privatization and the Safety Cascade



Conclusion: Regulating Risk in Economic Life



Data Collection



Interview Schedules