Insight into Risk Regulation Regimes by Christopher Hood
This study book by Christopher Hood offers an in-depth analysis of risk regulation and the differences in approach across various risk areas. It examines the systems behind risk regulation regimes and explains why some risks are stringently regulated, while others receive less attention.
Overview
The book discusses the logic behind risk regulation and highlights the complexity of risk management across different sectors. By using the concept of risk regulation regimes, it shows the interrelationships and differences between regulatory systems, strengthening understanding of government and its role in risk regulation.
This approach emphasizes the importance of an integrated perspective that goes beyond single case studies. The work shows how diverse factors form different parts of the same risk regulation regime and influence them.
Product Information
- Author: Christopher Hood (Gladstone Professor of Government, All Souls College, Oxford)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication date: 23 August 2001
- Number of pages: 228
- ISBN: 9780199243631
- Theme: Risk assessment
- BISAC: MATHEMATICS / Game Theory