The Government of Risk: Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes [Hardcover]

Christopher Hood (Author), Henry Rothstein (Author), Robert Baldwin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0199243638 | ISBN-13: 978-0199243631 | Publication Date: October 24, 2001

Why does regulation vary so dramatically from one area to another? Why are vast sums spent on controlling some risks but not on others? Is there any logic to the techniques we use in risk regulation? In this work, Hood explores these crucial questions explored. It looks at a number of risk regulations' regimes, considers the respects in which they differ, and examines how these differences can be justified.

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... a significant contribution to the existing literature on risk regulation. West European Politics The analytical approach developed to undertake this classification is full of insights. The classification scheme set out in the book will serve anyone involved in practical institutional design well beyond the specific examples it presents. Political Studies

About the Author

Christopher Hood is at All Soul's College, Oxford. Henry Rothstein is at London School of Economics.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (October 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199243638
• ISBN-13: 978-0199243631
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,580,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Deep and consistent analysis of risk, especially but not only in government policy making and execution, December 28, 2011

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This review is from: The Government of Risk: Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes (Paperback)

"Every organization wants risk management but almost none seem to manage their risks better from one year to the next." A boss of mine made this comment a few years back. I am an avid consumer of books on risk management and risk generally, but however good they are, most of them give no new angles on how to think about and how to manage risk. This book is an exception. What I like most about it is that it spends much time analyzing and suggesting responses to how established organizations, managers and bureaucrats respond to change, often in a way that aims to kill the change. The book is carefully written and carefully researched and thought out--as one would expect of an author from All Souls'. I recommend this book high;y to any senior manager, any director of a company, and anyone who specializes in risk management. The book deserves to be better known.

"EPICTETUS"