Regulating Workplace Risks: A Comparative Study of Inspection Regimes in Times of Change - Hardcover

David Walters; Richard Johnstone; Kaj Frick; Michael Quinlan; Geneviève Baril-Gingras; Annie Thébaud-Mony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857931644 ISBN 13: 9780857931641

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Regulating Workplace Risks is a study of regulatory inspection of occupational health and safety (OHS) and its management in five countries - Australia, Canada (Quebec), France, Sweden and the UK - during a time of major change. It examines the implications of the shift from specification to process based regulation, in which attention has been increasingly directed to the means of managing OHS more systematically at a time in which a major restructuring of work has occurred in response to the globalised economy. These changes provide both the context and material for a wider discussion of the nature of regulation and regulatory inspection and their role in protecting the health, safety and well-being of workers in advanced market economies. With its comparative nature and empirical studies, this book will appeal to OHS policy makers and regulators all over the world, as well as students in the field of occupational health and safety regulation internationally.

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About the Author

David Walters, Cardiff University, UK, Richard Johnstone, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Kaj Frick, Malardalen University, Sweden, Michael Quinlan, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, Australia and Middlesex University, UK, Geneviève Baril-Gingras, Laval University, Québec City, Canada and Annie Thébaud-Mony, INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research), Université Paris13, Bobigny, France

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857931644
• ISBN 13: 9780857931641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400