Regulatory Governance and Risk Management will be the first book
addressing the diffusion of risk-based governance in the coal
mining industry from a health and safety standpoint. More
specifically, it aims to understand a puzzling phenomenon. Since
the 1990s, the approach of risk-based governance has been widely
adopted in almost all developed countries in Europe and
commonwealth countries. It, however, has diffused much more slowly
in the U.S. Using a diffusion approach and comparisons between
Australia and the U.S., this book examines mechanisms that both
drive and prevent the diffusion of risk-based governance in the
coal mining industry.
This book has two major selling points. First, this is a timely
work given the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion occurred in
April, 2010. After this disaster, many asked why an enhanced level
of enforcement after 2006 has not prevented catastrophic accidents
from occurring and why risk-based governance, which helps other
countries achieve better safety performance, has been largely
ignored in the U.S. This book answers these questions and makes
recommendations on how to remove barriers in moving toward
risk-based governance. Second, this book is readable because it
embeds theories into storytelling and gives particular emphasis on
the influence of key strategic individuals.
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