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The environmental challenges of the twenty-first century have
raised profound questions regarding the suitability of
environmental law to manage the many complex issues at hand. This
insightful book considers how the law has adapted to address these
challenges and considers the ways in which it might be used to cope
with environmental risks and uncertainties, whilst also promoting
resilience and greater equality. The book uses a multi-disciplinary
approach to address the compatibility of law with the notions of
risk and resilience, it scrutinises how capable these approaches
are to effect equitable solutions to environmental risks, and it
raises important questions about multi-level and participatory
governance. Key chapters examine a variety of global experiments in
countries such as China and countries in Latin America, to generate
further governance of the environment, improve the available legal
tools and give a voice to more diverse groups. Students and
scholars across a variety of fields such as environmental studies,
socio-legal studies, law, and risk regulation will find this an
stimulating read. Senior policy-makers in central and local
government, regulators and risk managers will also find this book
imperative in their efforts to manage the dilemmas of environmental
control. Contributors include: F.H. Barnes, D. Curran, C. Holley,
B.M. Hutter, C. Ituarte-Lima, T. Johnson, J. McDonald, L. Patton,
O.W. Pedersen, D. Satterthwaite, E. Sofronova, H. Wang
The environmental challenges of the twenty-first century have
raised profound questions regarding the suitability of
environmental law to manage the many complex issues at hand. This
insightful book considers how the law has adapted to address these
challenges and considers the ways in which it might be used to cope
with environmental risks and uncertainties, whilst also promoting
resilience and greater equality. The book uses a multi-disciplinary
approach to address the compatibility of law with the notions of
risk and resilience, it scrutinises how capable these approaches
are to effect equitable solutions to environmental risks, and it
raises important questions about multi-level and participatory
governance. Key chapters examine a variety of global experiments in
countries such as China and countries in Latin America, to generate
further governance of the environment, improve the available legal
tools and give a voice to more diverse groups. Students and
scholars across a variety of fields such as environmental studies,
socio-legal studies, law, and risk regulation will find this an
stimulating read. Senior policy-makers in central and local
government, regulators and risk managers will also find this book
imperative in their efforts to manage the dilemmas of environmental
control. Contributors include: F.H. Barnes, D. Curran, C. Holley,
B.M. Hutter, C. Ituarte-Lima, T. Johnson, J. McDonald, L. Patton,
O.W. Pedersen, D. Satterthwaite, E. Sofronova, H. Wang
Food safety and hygiene is of critical importance to us all, yet,
as periodic food crises in various countries each year show, we are
all dependent on others in business and public regulation to ensure
that the food we consume in the retailing and hospitality sectors
is safe. Bridget Hutter considers the understandings of risk and
regulation held by those in business and considers the compliance
pressures on managers and owners, and how these relate to
understandings of risk and uncertainty. Using data from an in-depth
case study of the food retail and catering sectors in the UK, the
research investigates how business risk management practices are
influenced by external pressures such as state regulation,
consumers, insurance and the media and by pressures within
business. The argument of the book is that food businesses in the
UK are generally motivated to manage risk. They realize that good
risk management aligns with good business practice. However, there
are challenges for an industry that is highly segmented in terms of
risk management capacity. The findings have implications for
contemporary risk regulation in the increasingly number of
countries that rely on self-regulation. Managing Food Safety and
Hygiene will prove invaluable for academic researchers and students
in risk regulation studies, business studies, food studies,
organizational studies, social psychology, socio-legal studies,
sociology, management, public administration and political science.
In addition, the book will also appeal to practitioners
specifically to senior policy makers, regulators and business risk
managers charged with managing risk in diverse organizational
settings, and across different functional jurisdictions. Contents:
Preface Introduction: Setting the Scene 1. Risk Regulation and
Business Part I: The Food Retail and Hospitality Industry and Risk
2. The Food Retail and Hospitality Industry in the UK: A Research
Approach 3. The Food Industry and Risk: Official Data and Workplace
Understandings Part II: Risk Regulation 4. State Governance of Food
Safety and Food Hygiene: The Regulatory Regime and the Views of
those in the Food Sector 5. Risk Regulation Beyond the State:
Research Responses about Non-State Regulatory Influences 6.
Business Risk Regulation: Inside the Business Organization Part
III: Conclusions and Policy Implications 7. Conclusions and Policy
Implications Appendix 1: Profile of Phase 2 Respondents Appendix 2:
Phase 2 Questionnaires Appendix 3: Phase 3 Interview Schedule
Food safety and hygiene is of critical importance to us all, yet,
as periodic food crises in various countries each year show, we are
all dependent on others in business and public regulation to ensure
that the food we consume in the retailing and hospitality sectors
is safe. Bridget Hutter considers the understandings of risk and
regulation held by those in business and considers the compliance
pressures on managers and owners, and how these relate to
understandings of risk and uncertainty. Using data from an in-depth
case study of the food retail and catering sectors in the UK, the
research investigates how business risk management practices are
influenced by external pressures such as state regulation,
consumers, insurance and the media and by pressures within
business. The argument of the book is that food businesses in the
UK are generally motivated to manage risk. They realize that good
risk management aligns with good business practice. However, there
are challenges for an industry that is highly segmented in terms of
risk management capacity. The findings have implications for
contemporary risk regulation in the increasingly number of
countries that rely on self-regulation. Managing Food Safety and
Hygiene will prove invaluable for academic researchers and students
in risk regulation studies, business studies, food studies,
organizational studies, social psychology, socio-legal studies,
sociology, management, public administration and political science.
In addition, the book will also appeal to practitioners
specifically to senior policy makers, regulators and business risk
managers charged with managing risk in diverse organizational
settings, and across different functional jurisdictions. Contents:
Preface Introduction: Setting the Scene 1. Risk Regulation and
Business Part I: The Food Retail and Hospitality Industry and Risk
2. The Food Retail and Hospitality Industry in the UK: A Research
Approach 3. The Food Industry and Risk: Official Data and Workplace
Understandings Part II: Risk Regulation 4. State Governance of Food
Safety and Food Hygiene: The Regulatory Regime and the Views of
those in the Food Sector 5. Risk Regulation Beyond the State:
Research Responses about Non-State Regulatory Influences 6.
Business Risk Regulation: Inside the Business Organization Part
III: Conclusions and Policy Implications 7. Conclusions and Policy
Implications Appendix 1: Profile of Phase 2 Respondents Appendix 2:
Phase 2 Questionnaires Appendix 3: Phase 3 Interview Schedule
Anticipating risks has become an obsession of the early
twenty-first century. Private and public sector organisations
increasingly devote resources to risk prevention and contingency
planning to manage risk events should they occur. This 2010 book
shows how we can organise our social, organisational and regulatory
policy systems to cope better with the array of local and
transnational risks we regularly encounter. Contributors from a
range of disciplines - including finance, history, law, management,
political science, social psychology, sociology and disaster
studies - consider threats, vulnerabilities and insecurities
alongside social and organisational sources of resilience and
security. These issues are introduced and discussed through a
fascinating and diverse set of topics, including myxomatosis, the
2012 Olympic Games, gene therapy and the financial crisis. This is
an important book for academics and policy makers who wish to
understand the dilemmas generated in the anticipation and
management of risks.
Anticipating risks has become an obsession of the early
twenty-first century. Private and public sector organisations
increasingly devote resources to risk prevention and contingency
planning to manage risk events should they occur. This 2010 book
shows how we can organise our social, organisational and regulatory
policy systems to cope better with the array of local and
transnational risks we regularly encounter. Contributors from a
range of disciplines - including finance, history, law, management,
political science, social psychology, sociology and disaster
studies - consider threats, vulnerabilities and insecurities
alongside social and organisational sources of resilience and
security. These issues are introduced and discussed through a
fascinating and diverse set of topics, including myxomatosis, the
2012 Olympic Games, gene therapy and the financial crisis. This is
an important book for academics and policy makers who wish to
understand the dilemmas generated in the anticipation and
management of risks.
Regulating risks in modern societies increasingly involves governments guiding and co-opting corporate risk management systems. This book examines the feasibility of this with reference to occupational health and safety on Britain's railways. It raises important questions about how workplace risks are managed and what influence the law can have in this. These issues are especially significant in the wake of major rail disasters and in the face of the increasing popularity of risk-based approaches to corporate governance.
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