Changing regulation controlling risks in society (Pergamon, 2002)
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