Changing regulation : controlling risks in society /

Changing regulation : controlling risks in society / edited by Barry Kirwan, Andrew Hale, Andrew Hopkins. - 1st ed. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Pergamon, 2002. - 1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issues in the regulation of safety : setting the scene / Andrew Hopkins & Andrew Hale -- New technologies and work. Pulverization of risk -- privatization of trauma? / Tore J. Larsson -- Two models of major hazard regulation : recent Australian experience / Andrew Hopkins -- The EU Seveso II directive : an example of a regulation that could act as an initiator to raise the major hazard safety awareness within society / J.I.H. Oh -- The development of new safety regulations in the Norwegian oil and gas industry / Jan Hovden -- Oil and gas industry regulation : from detailed technical inspection to assessment of safety management / Andrew Hale, Louis Goossens and Ibo v. d. Poel -- The development of safety regulation in the rail industry / David Maidment -- Towards goal-directed regulation in a competitive world : do we underestimate the risk of changes in the regulatory system? / Gerhard Becker -- The challenge to supervision of nuclear power plants under conditions of liberalization and globalization / Jürgen Walther -- New frontiers for regulatory interaction within the UK nuclear industry / Jeremy C. Williams -- Regulatory culture : balancing the different demands of regulatory practice in the nuclear industry / T. Reiman and L. Norros -- Medical device technology and patient protection : challenges for regulation and legislation / B.A.J.M. de Mol and G.L. van Gaalen -- Biotechnology and social control / Michael Baram -- Certification, a tool for safety regulation? / Harry Gundlach -- Insights into safety regulation / Barry Kirwan, Andrew Hale & Andrew Hopkins.

"For regulators and policy makers in government, industry, trade unions, certification bodies and supranational agencies; safety managers and consultants subject to or working for regulators; and researchers and teachers in safety science, system safety, industrial law and policy studies, management, industrial sociology and politics."--Jacket.


English.

0585473838 (electronic bk.) 9780585473833 (electronic bk.)

2002034636


Industrial safety.
Risk management.
Safety regulations.
Occupational Health
Risk Management
Sécurité du travail.
Gestion du risque.
Sécurité--Règlements.
occupational safety.
risk management.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Safety.
Industrial safety.
Risk management.
Safety regulations.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Technology - General.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

T55 / .C52 2002eb

363.1/056

O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat-Narela Road, Sonepat, Haryana (India) - 131001

Send your feedback to glus@jgu.edu.in

Hosted, Implemented & Customized by: BestBookBuddies   |   Maintained by: Global Library