Bridget Hutter is the Peacock Professor of Risk Management at the London School of Economics and Director of CARR ( Centre for Analysis of Risk Regulation). She is author of numerous publications on the subject of regulation. Her research interests are in the broad area of the sociology of regulation and risk management; the regulation of economic life with particular reference to financial, occupational health and safety, and environmental regulations; regulatory enforcement and corporate responses to regulation; and the social control of organizations.

This excellent book is an important contribution to the regulatory debate.

• Introduction ; 1. Concepts and Orientations ; 2. The Railway Industry in Britain ; 3. Railways and Risk ; 4. The Law and the Railway Inspectorate ; 5. The Social Dimensions of Knowledge ; 6. Industry Enforced Self-Regulation ; 7. Participative Regulation? ; 8. The Communication of Risk ; 9. Understandings of Risk and Uncertainty ; 10. Risk-Taking and Compliance ; 11. Privatization and the Safety Cascade ; 12. Conclusion: Regulating Risk in Economic Life ; Appendix 1. Data Collection ; Appendix 2. Interview Schedules

Bridget Hutter is the Peacock Professor of Risk Management at the London School of Economics and Director of CARR ( Centre for Analysis of Risk Regulation). She is author of numerous publications on the subject of regulation. Her research interests are in the broad area of the sociology of regulation and risk management; the regulation of economic life with particular reference to financial, occupational health and safety, and environmental regulations; regulatory enforcement and corporate responses to regulation; and the social control of organizations.

This excellent book is an important contribution to the regulatory debate.

• Introduction ; 1. Concepts and Orientations ; 2. The Railway Industry in Britain ; 3. Railways and Risk ; 4. The Law and the Railway Inspectorate ; 5. The Social Dimensions of Knowledge ; 6. Industry Enforced Self-Regulation ; 7. Participative Regulation? ; 8. The Communication of Risk ; 9. Understandings of Risk and Uncertainty ; 10. Risk-Taking and Compliance ; 11. Privatization and the Safety Cascade ; 12. Conclusion: Regulating Risk in Economic Life ; Appendix 1. Data Collection ; Appendix 2. Interview Schedules

Bridget Hutter is the Peacock Professor of Risk Management at the London School of Economics and Director of CARR ( Centre for Analysis of Risk Regulation). She is author of numerous publications on the subject of regulation. Her research interests are in the broad area of the sociology of regulation and risk management; the regulation of economic life with particular reference to financial, occupational health and safety, and environmental regulations; regulatory enforcement and corporate responses to regulation; and the social control of organizations.

This excellent book is an important contribution to the regulatory debate.

• Introduction ; 1. Concepts and Orientations ; 2. The Railway Industry in Britain ; 3. Railways and Risk ; 4. The Law and the Railway Inspectorate ; 5. The Social Dimensions of Knowledge ; 6. Industry Enforced Self-Regulation ; 7. Participative Regulation? ; 8. The Communication of Risk ; 9. Understandings of Risk and Uncertainty ; 10. Risk-Taking and Compliance ; 11. Privatization and the Safety Cascade ; 12. Conclusion: Regulating Risk in Economic Life ; Appendix 1. Data Collection ; Appendix 2. Interview Schedules