Safety regulation is society's way of keeping the genie of technology in the bottle, whilst still exploiting its power for creating wealth and change. It is a difficult compromise to make. Regulators often have a thankless task. If all seems to go well they are painted as too repressive and anti-technological; if disaster strikes, the searchlight of media attention increasingly focuses on them, looking for lax enforcement, blind eyes being turned and cosy relations with the regulated. This title explores the dilemmas of the regulator through case studies presented by the regulators themselves and through research-based analyses from different disciplines of the workings of the regulators and the regulatory system. More importantly it surveys the tools available to resolve the dilemmas and asks what we know about their successes and shortcomings and what can be learned over the boundaries of industries and technologies about the principles of successful safety regulation. Chapters are written by authors from seven countries, with an international perspective. They examine the role of certification, safety cases, strictly enforced detailed rules, professional regulation and self-regulation. The text covers new risks such as those from medical devices and biotechnology, as well as the well-known fields of nuclear power, chemical plants, mining, oil and gas production, railways and the traditionally difficult area of small companies. For Regulators And Policy Makers In Government, Industry, Trade Unions, Certification Bodies And Supranational Agencies; Safety Managers And Consultants Subject To Or Working For Regulators; And Researchers And Teachers In Safety Science, System Safety, Industrial Law And Policy Studies, Management, Industrial Sociology And Politics.--jacket. 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. Edited By Barry Kirwan, Andrew Hale, Andrew Hopkins. Includes Bibliographical References. From the oil and gas industries of Norway to recent Australian experiences, the railway sector and the nuclear industry, the contributors to this collection assess risks and offer insights into the various regulatory frameworks that keep people safe in all parts of the world. In this chapter we set the scene for the book, which is based on the 2000 NeTWork (New Technology & Work) workshop.
