The Government of Risk Understanding Risk

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.

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

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

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The Government of Risk Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes

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