The Government of Risk Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes

by Hood, Christopher; Rothstein, Henry; Baldwin, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780199243631
• ISBN10: 0199243638
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Why does regulation vary so dramatically from one area to another? Why are vast sums spent on controlling some risks but not on others? Is there any logic to the techniques we use in risk regulation? In this work, Hood explores these crucial questions explored. It looks at a number of risk regulations' regimes, considers the respects in which they differ, and examines how these differences can be justified.

Author Biography

Christopher Hood is Gladstone Professor of Government and Fellow of All Soul's College, University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	viii
List of Tables	ix
I. Introducing Risk Regulation Regime
What are Risk Regulation Regimes? Why do they Matter?	3	(17)
The Comparative Anatomy of Risk Regulation Regimes	20	(16)
Nine Risk Regulation Regimes Compared	36	(25)
II. Explaining Variation in Risk Regulation Regimes
How Far does Context Shape Content in Risk Regulation Regimes?	61	(9)
Exploring the `Market Failure' Hypothesis	70	(20)
Opinion-Responsive Government and Risk Regulation	90	(22)
Interests, Lobbies, and Experts	112	(21)
Regime Content and Context Revisited: An Overall Picture	133	(14)
III. Exploring the Dynamics of Risk Regulation Regimes
Regime Development Under Pressure: Staged Retreats and Lateral Mutations?	147	(24)
The Regime Perspective in Risk Regulation: Implications for Policy and Institutional Design	171	(16)
Appendix A: Further Reading on Law and Policy in Nine Risk Regulation Regimes	187	(3)
Appendix B: Coded List of Interviewees	190	(4)
Appendix C: Methodological Notes for Selected Figures and Tables	194	(6)
References	200	(15)
Index	215