Readership: Academic staff and students in the fields of business and management studies, law, health and safety regulation, politics, industrial relations, public policy, and sociology; Practitioners in regulatory organizations and professional risk managers.
Bridget M. Hutter, Peacock Professor of Risk Management and Director for Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics
"This excellent book is an important contribution to the regulatory debate." - British Journal of Sociology
"...thorough and well-argued analysis of health and safety work in a large organisation." - Risk Management vol 5 no 2
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
