The Government of Risk
Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes
Published on 11. March 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-19-927001-9 (ISBN)
Description
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 down the components of risk regulation systems and shows how they interact. It also shows how different parts of the same regime may be shaped by different factors and have to be explained and understood in quite different ways. The Government of Risk shows how such an approach is of high policy relevance as well as of considerable theoretical importance.
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 down the components of risk regulation systems and shows how they interact. It also shows how different parts of the same regime may be shaped by different factors and have to be explained and understood in quite different ways. The Government of Risk shows how such an approach is of high policy relevance as well as of considerable theoretical importance.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition Full of insights. The classification scheme set out in the book will serve anyone involved in practical institutional design well beyond the specific examples it presents. * Political Studies * The Government of Risk is a significant contribution to the exisiting literature on risk regulation... a first... step towards a satisfactory comparative analysis of risk regulation schemes. * West European Politics * Sweeping in the breadth of [its] academic scholarship... The Government of Risk [is] sure to have an enduring impact on the debate. * Public Law * The Government of Risk is an important book, and perhaps a major one, for several reasons... This volume both brings some of the best developed resources of political science and public administration studies to bear upon issues of risk, from which both the field of risk scholarship and political science can only benefit.... In grounding this cross-disciplinary framework clearly in theory, the book presents future researchers with an invaluable book. * PERRI 6 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-927001-9 (9780199270019)
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Christopher Hood | Henry Rothstein | Robert Baldwin
The Government of Risk
Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes
E-Book
08/2001
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Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes
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08/2001
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Persons
Author
Gladstone Professor of Government and FellowGladstone Professor of Government and Fellow, All Soul's College, Oxford
Research Officer, Centre for Analysis of Risk and RegulationResearch Officer, Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics
Professor of LawProfessor of Law, London School of Economics
Content
SECTION 1: INTRODUCING RISK REGULATION REGIME; SECTION 2: EXPANDING VARIATION IN RISK REGULATION REGIMES; SECTION 3: EXPLORING THE DYNAMICS OF RISK REGULATION REGIMES