Regulation and Risk - Occupational Health and Safety on the Railways

Zusatztext ...thorough and well-argued analysis of health and safety work in a large organisation. Informationen zum Autor Bridget Hutter is the Peacock Professor of Risk Management at the London School of Economics and Director of CARR ( Centre for Analysis of Risk Regulation). She is author of numerous publications on the subject of regulation. Her research interests are in the broad area of the sociology of regulation and risk management; the regulation of economic life with particular reference to financial, occupational health and safety, and environmental regulations; regulatory enforcement and corporate responses to regulation; and the social control of organizations. Klappentext Regulating risks in modern societies increasingly involves governments guiding and co-opting corporate risk management systems. This book examines the feasibility of this with reference to occupational health and safety on Britain's railways. It raises important questions about how workplace risks are managed and what influence the law can have in this. These issues are especially significant in the wake of major rail disasters and in the face of the increasing popularity of risk-based approaches to corporate governance. Zusammenfassung 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 study examines the impact of a system of enforced self-regulation on the corporate life of British Railways. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Concepts and Orientations 2: The Railway Industry in Britain 3: Railways and Risk 4: The Law and the Railway Inspectorate 5: The Social Dimensions of Knowledge 6: Industry Enforced Self-Regulation 7: Participative Regulation? 8: The Communication of Risk 9: Understandings of Risk and Uncertainty 10: Risk-Taking and Compliance 11: Privatization and the Safety Cascade 12: Conclusion: Regulating Risk in Economic Life Appendix 1.: Data Collection Appendix 2.: Interview Schedules ...

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• Authors: Bridget Hutter, Bridget M. Hutter, Bridget M. (Peacock Professor of Risk Mana Hutter, Bridget M. (Peacock Professor of Risk Management and Director for Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation Hutter, Hutter Bridget M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2001
• EAN: 9780199242504
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924250-4
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; England, Wales, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, LAW / Annotations & Citations, Legislation, Transport industries, Management decision making, Railway transport industries, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace, Sources of law: legislation, Wales / Cymru