Government of Risk Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes

Name: Government of Risk Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes
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ISBN: 9780199243631

ISBN-10: 0199243638

ISBN-13: 9780199243631

Edition: 2001

Authors: Christopher Hood, Henry Rothstein, Robert Baldwin

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Why does regulation vary so dramatically from one area to another? Why are some risks regulated aggressively and others responded to only modestly? Is there any logic to the techniques we use in risk regulation? These key questions are explored in The Government of Risk. This book looks at a number of risk regulation regimes, considers the respects in which they differ, and examines how these differences can be justified. Analyzing regulation in terms of 'regimes' allows us to see the rich, multi-dimensional nature of risk regulation. It exposes the thinness of society-wide analyses of risk controls and it offers a perspective that single case studies cannot reach. Regimes analysis breaks…

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List price: $185.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/24/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 228
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.61" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Christopher Hood is the Gladstone Professor of Government at All Souls College, Oxford. His books include "The Limits of Administration", "The Tools of Government", and "The Art of the State".

Former Senior Lecturer, Willesden College of Technology, London




Introducing Risk Regulation Regimes



What are Risk Regulation Regimes - and Why do they Matter?



The Comparative Anatomy of Risk Regulation Regimes



Nine Risk Regulation Regimes Compared



Explaining Variation In Risk Regulation Regimes



How Far does Context Shape Content?



Exploring the 'Market Failure' Hypothesis



Opinion-Responsive Government and Risk Regulation



Interests, Lobbies and Experts



Regime Content and Context Revisited- An Overall Picture



Exploring The Dynamics Of Risk Regulation Regimes



Regime Development Under Pressure: Staged Retreats and Lateral Mutations?



The Regime Perspective in Risk Regulation: Implications for Policy and Institutional Design