Regulatory crisis : negotiating the consequences of risk, disasters and crises /

Using a new concept, "regulatory crisis," this book examines how major crises may or may not affect regulation. The authors provide a detailed analysis of selected well-known disasters, tracing multiple interwoven sources of influence and competing narratives shaping crises and their impac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hutter, Bridget M. (Author), Lloyd-Bostock, Sally M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Edition:1st edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Risk regulation and high profile disasters : regulatory crisis as a distinct phenomenon
  • 2. Regulatory environments preceding the crisis
  • 3. Recognizing disasters and crises : emergence and crystallization
  • 4. The many shapes of regulatory crisis
  • 5. Official sense-making : inquiries and inquests
  • 6. Responses to inquiry findings : reacting and reorganizing
  • 7. Regulatory crises : recapitulations, conclusions and theoretical implications.