The Contexts of Regulation
The Impact Upon Health and Safety Inspectorates in Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6090364 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bridget M Hutter (0000-0002-9266-5733), Peter K Manning (0000-0002-7940-2023) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 103-136 |
| Publication date | 1990-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1990.tb00043.x |
| OpenAlex | W2149876718 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 25 |
It is argued that the systematic study of regulation should include an analysis of the structural contexts within which agencies with enforcement authority are embedded. At least four contexts affect indirectly and directly the process of regulation: the political, the economic, the scholarly and the media. The period of the mid‐ ‘eighties in Britain is characterized and trends in that period are described. The decline in resources, a political and scholarly environment of “de‐regulation” and increased media interests in aspects of regulation in general, it is argued, shape regulation in Great Britain. The authors use records, field and interview data from an on‐going research program on health and safety regulation in England and the structure and operations of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) at the Centre for Socio‐legal Studies, Oxford, to a) examine structural changes in the organization(s) of which the HSE is constituted b) identify stresses and conflicts within the HSE c) record resultant patterns of morale and performance and d) describe efforts at achieving rationalization and formalization. It is concluded that in the context of declining resources and pressures to appear efficient, potentially divisive stresses and conflicts in regulatory bodies, if the HSE is at all representative, will continue and will underlie changes and developments that can be expected to emerge
Context (archaeology · Enforcement · Geography · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Rationalization (economics · Healthcare Quality and Management · Law · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Public Administration · Regulation and Compliance Studies
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An Inspector Calls
Industrial Resistance to Occupational Safety and Health Legislation
The Demise of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Organization and Impact of Inspector Discretion in a Regulatory Bureaucracy
Environments of Organizations
Accidental News
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2025 (33) |
| Highly cited | No |